The most northern museum in the world

• 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

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.