Director of the national park Alexander Kirilov told the TASS news agency that the memorial expedition is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the archipelago. It will take place on the Eldorado sailing ship.
The expedition members plan to visit key points associated with the discovery of Franz Josef Land. Among them are Gallia Island, Cape Tegetthof, Wilchek Island and Tikhaya Bay.
The base of the Russian Arctic National Park is located in the Tikhaya Bay of Hooker Island. It is located on the territory of the Tikhaya Bay polar station, which was opened in 1929.
Every year, reindeer herders from the camps gather in villages to see their relatives and demonstrate their skills in traditional competitions for the northern peoples
Authorities in Norway's northernmost county, Finnmark, have put forward an unusual proposal. They have asked the European Commission to create a separate time zone that would add two hours to the day in the region
Applications for participation in the second All–Russian competition for the best trip "Far East - Land of Adventures" will begin in May, Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev told reporters
Specialists will conduct comprehensive glaciological, hydrological, paleographic, medical, permafrost, ecological and hydrochemical studies on Bolshevik Island of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
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