78 • REVIEWS 14 MONTHS ON FRANZ JOSEF LAND. By MYKHAILO IVANYCHUK. Edited and translated by

In the summer of 1929, largely in response to a Norwegian challenge to Soviet sovereignty over the archipelago of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa (Franz Josef Land), the Soviet gov-ernment established a weather station at Tikhaya Bukhta on Ostrov Gukera (Hooker Island) in the otherwise unin-habited archipelag...

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Main Authors: Gloria K, Atamanenko Summerl, British Columbia Danny
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Bell Island
Bukhta
Franz Josef Land
Hooker
Ostrov Greem Bell
Ostrov Greem-Bell
Ostrov Gukera
Tikhaya
Zemlya Vil’cheka
Arctic
Graham Bell Island
Hooker Island
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.657.496
http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/download/391/423/
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Summary:In the summer of 1929, largely in response to a Norwegian challenge to Soviet sovereignty over the archipelago of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa (Franz Josef Land), the Soviet gov-ernment established a weather station at Tikhaya Bukhta on Ostrov Gukera (Hooker Island) in the otherwise unin-habited archipelago. Ukrainian geomorphologist Mykhailo Ivanychuk was a member of the party sent north two years later to man the station for the winter of 1931 – 32; he was also to explore and survey the eastern islands of the archipelago, namely Zemlya Vil’cheka (Wilczek Land) and Ostrov Greem-Bell (Graham Bell Island). 14 Months

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