Norwegian Arctic Expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the Bratvaag Expedition

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 gain a foo...

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Main Authors: Gjertz, Ian, Mørkved, Berit
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1998
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64131 2023-05-15T14:17:53+02:00 Norwegian Arctic Expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the Bratvaag Expedition Gjertz, Ian Mørkved, Berit 1998-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64131 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64131/48066 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64131 ARCTIC; Vol. 51 No. 4 (1998): December: 301–416; 330-335 1923-1245 0004-0843 Franz Josef Land Victoria Island Norwegian claim acquisition of sovereignty archipel François-Joseph île Victoria revendication norvégienne acquisition de la souveraineté info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1998 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:19Z 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 gain a foothold on parts of Franz Josef Land. We describe the events leading up to the Norwegian annexation, which was later abandoned for political reasons. L'île Victoria (en russe Ostrov Viktoriya) est l'île la plus occidentale de l'Arctique russe. En 1929 et 1930, le statut légal de cette île et de l'archipel François-Joseph voisin n'était pas bien défini. À cette époque, les intérêts norvégiens tentaient, par le biais d'une campagne secrète, d'annexer l'île Victoria et d'établir une emprise sur des zones de l'archipel François-Joseph. On décrit les événements menant à l'annexion norvégienne, annexion qui fut délaissée par la suite pour des raisons politiques. Article in Journal/Newspaper Archipel François-Joseph Arctic Arctic Franz Josef Land Victoria Island University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Franz Josef Land ENVELOPE(55.000,55.000,81.000,81.000) Ostrov Viktoriya ENVELOPE(36.767,36.767,80.148,80.148) ARCTIC 51 4
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topic Franz Josef Land
Victoria Island
Norwegian claim
acquisition of sovereignty
archipel François-Joseph
île Victoria
revendication norvégienne
acquisition de la souveraineté
spellingShingle Franz Josef Land
Victoria Island
Norwegian claim
acquisition of sovereignty
archipel François-Joseph
île Victoria
revendication norvégienne
acquisition de la souveraineté
Gjertz, Ian
Mørkved, Berit
Norwegian Arctic Expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the Bratvaag Expedition
topic_facet Franz Josef Land
Victoria Island
Norwegian claim
acquisition of sovereignty
archipel François-Joseph
île Victoria
revendication norvégienne
acquisition de la souveraineté
description 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 gain a foothold on parts of Franz Josef Land. We describe the events leading up to the Norwegian annexation, which was later abandoned for political reasons. L'île Victoria (en russe Ostrov Viktoriya) est l'île la plus occidentale de l'Arctique russe. En 1929 et 1930, le statut légal de cette île et de l'archipel François-Joseph voisin n'était pas bien défini. À cette époque, les intérêts norvégiens tentaient, par le biais d'une campagne secrète, d'annexer l'île Victoria et d'établir une emprise sur des zones de l'archipel François-Joseph. On décrit les événements menant à l'annexion norvégienne, annexion qui fut délaissée par la suite pour des raisons politiques.
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author Gjertz, Ian
Mørkved, Berit
author_facet Gjertz, Ian
Mørkved, Berit
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title Norwegian Arctic Expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the Bratvaag Expedition
title_short Norwegian Arctic Expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the Bratvaag Expedition
title_full Norwegian Arctic Expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the Bratvaag Expedition
title_fullStr Norwegian Arctic Expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the Bratvaag Expedition
title_full_unstemmed Norwegian Arctic Expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the Bratvaag Expedition
title_sort norwegian arctic expansionism, victoria island (russia) and the bratvaag expedition
publisher The Arctic Institute of North America
publishDate 1998
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ENVELOPE(36.767,36.767,80.148,80.148)
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Ostrov Viktoriya
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Franz Josef Land
Ostrov Viktoriya
genre Archipel François-Joseph
Arctic
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Franz Josef Land
Victoria Island
genre_facet Archipel François-Joseph
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op_source ARCTIC; Vol. 51 No. 4 (1998): December: 301–416; 330-335
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