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    Northbrook Island (Russian: остров Нортбрук) is an island located in the southern edge of the Franz Josef Archipelago, Russia. Its highest point is 344...
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  • Northbrook may refer to: Northbrook, Illinois, United States Northbrook, Ohio, United States Northbrook, Oxfordshire, a hamlet near the village of, and...
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    Arctic islands Dikson Island Franz Josef Land Bell Island Graham Bell Island Hooker Island Jackson Island Northbrook Island Rudolf Island Wilczek Island Zemlya...
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    Franz Josef Land (category Islands of the Barents Sea)
    by the islands en route. The most popular destinations are areas with bird cliffs and walrus colonies, such as Cape Flora on Northbrook Island and Cape...
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    regions, but a substantial breeding population occurred on isolated Sable Island, 100 mi (160 km) southeast of Nova Scotia and 500 mi (800 km) due east of...
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  • Caribbean islands by area List of European islands by population List of islands by area List of islands by population The Canary Islands is not considered...
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    attempt to return to civilization on foot. Albanov hoped to reach Northbrook Island in Franz Josef Land, where he knew that Fridtjof Nansen had been rescued...
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    Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, GCSI, PC, FRS (22 January 1826 – 15 November 1904) was a British Liberal statesman. Gladstone appointed him...
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    Geography of Franz Josef Land (category Geography by island)
    Island May Island Nansen Island Newcomb Island Newton Island Northbrook Island Ostrovov Oktyabryata Ommanney Island Payer Island Pontremoli Islands Pritchett...
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    Arctic travelers, Fridtjov Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen at the camp of Frederick Jackson on Northbrook Island in 1896....
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  • Bruce Island (Franz Josef Land) 80°3′N 50°0′E / 80.050°N 50.000°E / 80.050; 50.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Passing just west of Northbrook Island,  Russia...
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    Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, PC FRS (20 April 1796 – 6 September 1866), known as Sir Francis Baring, 3rd Baronet, from 1848 to 1866...
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    Bruyne Sound separates the island from Northbrook Island. To the north, the Young Sound separates Hooker Island from the islands of Koetlitz, Nansen, Pritchet...
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    Northbrook is a commuter railroad station on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line in Northbrook, Illinois. The station is located at 1401 Shermer Road...
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    expedition to Franz Josef Land and was camped at Cape Flora on nearby Northbrook Island. The two were equally astonished by their encounter; after some awkward...
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    Nansen, and had based his headquarters at Cape Flora on Northbrook Island, the southernmost island of the archipelago. Jackson's own account records that...
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    Albanov and one crewman, Alexander Konrad, made it to Cape Flora on Northbrook Island, where they knew that Frederick George Jackson had left provisions...
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    20 years earlier. Jackson's party was based at Cape Flora on Northbrook Island, the southernmost island of the archipelago. It was supplied through regular visits...
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    several other islands namely Hooker, Etheridge, Northbrook, Bell, Mabel, Bruce, Eaton, and David Island.: 156–169  The expedition also resulted in the...
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  • of Victoria Island,  Russia 80°0′N 50°34′E / 80.000°N 50.567°E / 80.000; 50.567 (Russia)  Russia Franz Josef Land - Northbrook Island 80°0′N 51°12′E...
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    suggested using their blubber as a substitute for coal. Wintering on Northbrook Island was considered unpromising. On September 18, the Foka encountered...
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  • 51°0′E / 80.100°N 51.000°E / 80.100; 51.000 (Russia)  Russia Northbrook Island, Franz Josef Land 79°55′N 51°0′E / 79.917°N 51.000°E / 79.917;...
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  • highest point of the island is 301 metres (988 ft). This island was named after Henry Bruce, who succeeded the Earl of Northbrook as President of the Royal...
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    121 dogs in Arkhangelsk, which they left on 12 July. After sighting Northbrook Island on 21 July, they subsequently encountered the Capella and Wellman...
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    (1997) [1965]. McPherson, ML (ed.). Cartridges of the World (8th ed.). Northbrook, Illinois, US: DBI Books. ISBN 0-87349-178-5. ""Standard Rifle Ballistics""...
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  • (Chicago) UrbanLab (Chicago) Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (Northbrook) Bulley & Andrews (Chicago) Edward Hines Lumber Company (Buffalo Grove)...
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  • 1st Baron Ashburton, the second cousin of Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, the elder brother of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer and the uncle...
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    Hall Island (Russian: Остров Галля; Ostrov Gallya) is an island of the Russian Arctic archipelago of Franz Josef Land. Hall Island was discovered on 30...
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  • John Hughes (filmmaker) (category People from Northbrook, Illinois)
    comfortable, they always moved on. In 1963, Hughes's family moved to Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. There, his father found work selling roofing...
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    worked as an administrative assistant for the Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook. She has one older half-sister from her mother's first marriage. Esther...
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