Franz Josef Land comprises 192 islands, most of them built of Mesozoic sediments covered with a capping of columnar basalt, and so flat across the top that, viewed without ice (as they ...

Franz Josef Land is well known for specific lines of its rocks. The image is printed on stickers, T-shirts and other souvenirs that tourists can buy at the national park.

JACKSON'S POLAR JOURNEY; The Arctic Explorer Revolutionizes the Old Ideas of Franz Josef Land. OPEN SEA TO THE NORTHWARD Gillios Land May Be Considered Non-Existent -- Belief that No Land Is to be ...

Poseidon Expeditions, (347) 801-2610. Poseidon will offer two cruises to Franz Josef Land In 2019; departures are Aug. 1 and 13. Rates start at $8,816 for 14 days.

The Franz Josef Land archipelago was chosen as the territory to clear up environmental damage. According to a geo-ecological survey, the mass of accumulated waste amounted to about 90,000 tonnes.

Franz Josef Land is in the Arkhangelsk Oblast, the same Russian region in which a failed nuclear military test on an offshore platform in the White Sea resulted in a sizeable radiation emission on ...

Russia’s Franz Josef Land sails up as the new highlight destination. Until recently, Russian-flagged vessels were the only ones allowed to sail with passengers to the mysterious fairy-tale ...

According to her, the occurrence of humpback whales near the Franz Josef Land marked the first time since the discovery of the archipelago in 1873.

THE remarkable feat of circumnavigating the ice-girt Franz Josef Land in a small motor vessel is reported by Science Service of Washington, D.C. Prof. N. N. Subov, arguing from temperatures in the ...

Franz-Josef-Land News: Cruise Ship Transits The Northeast Passage, Russia Ramps Up Its Military Presence In The Arctic, North Pole: The Latest Tourist Trap, ...

After 16 months of drift with the currents, Russia's Arctic research vessel Severny Polyus has course for the waters between the archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Svalbard. It was previously ...