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