Norwegian Arctic Expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the Bratvaag Expedition
ABSTRACT. Victoria Island (Ostrov Viktoriya in Russian) is the westernmost island of the Russian Arctic. The legal status of this island and neighbouring Franz Josef Land was unclear in 1929 and 1930. At that time Norwegian interests attempted, through a secret campaign, to annex Victoria Island and...
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1998
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.560.3907 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic51-4-330.pdf |