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In 2009, the Government of the Russian Federation established the Russian Arctic National Park in the northern part of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. In 2016, its territory expanded considerably, practically the entire territory of Franz Josef Land was included. Bukhta Tikhaya (Tikhaya Bay, « Calm B...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Artefact
Main Author: Filin, Pavel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Association Artefact. Techniques histoire et sciences humaines 2021
Subjects:
Arctic
Bukhta
Franz Josef Land
Hooker
Tikhaya
Hooker Island
Novaya Zemlya
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/artefact/10278
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Summary:In 2009, the Government of the Russian Federation established the Russian Arctic National Park in the northern part of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. In 2016, its territory expanded considerably, practically the entire territory of Franz Josef Land was included. Bukhta Tikhaya (Tikhaya Bay, « Calm Bay » in English) on Hooker Island, one of the first and very well-preserved polar stations in the Arctic, became the main stronghold of the National Park on Franz Josef Land (Fig. 1). Almost all sh.

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