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    Nansen Island (Russian: о́стров На́нсена; Ostrov Nansena) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. The island is partly glaciated and its area is 164 km2...
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    Norway. Nansen and Jackson explored the northern, eastern, and western portions of the islands. Once the basic geography of Franz Josef Land had become...
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    Franz Josef Land, an uninhabited archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, and Kara Sea, may have been discovered by the 1865 expedition of...
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  • Nansen Island may refer to: Nansen Island (Antarctica) Nansen Island (Franz Josef Land) Nansen Island (Kara Sea) Nansen Land This disambiguation page lists...
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    island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Arctic. The area where Eva Island lies was named Hvidtenland (White Land) by Fridtjof Nansen who...
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    expedition to Franz Josef Land after being rejected by Nansen, and had based his headquarters at Cape Flora on Northbrook Island, the southernmost island of the...
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    The Geography of Franz Josef Land refers to an island group belonging to Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia. It is situated in the Barents Sea of the Arctic...
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    Jackson Island (Russian: Остров Джексона, Ostrov Dzheksona) is an island located in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Federation. This island is...
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    Hooker Island (Russian: остров Гукера; Ostrov Gukera) is one of the central islands of Franz Josef Land. It is located in the central area of the archipelago...
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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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    Nansen and Nansen Island, all in Antarctica; as well as Nansen Island in the Kara Sea, Nansen Land in Greenland and Nansen Island in Franz Josef Land; 853 Nansenia...
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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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    Jackson–Harmsworth expedition (category History of Franz Josef Land)
    The Jackson–Harmsworth expedition of 1894–1897 to Franz Josef Land was led by British Arctic explorer Frederick George Jackson and financed by newspaper...
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    Alexander Island (Russian: Остров Карла-Александра), also known as Zemlya Karla-Alexandra (Земля Карла Александра), is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia...
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    Frederick George Jackson (category Franz Josef Land)
    explorer remembered for his expedition to Franz Josef Land, when he located the missing Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Jackson was born the son of George...
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  • Franz Josef Land De Long East Glacier – Bennett Island. De Long Islands De Long West Glacier – Bennett Island. De Long Islands Henrietta Island ice...
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  • the islands of Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya plus for example Kolguyev and Vaygach Island are considered part of Europe. Islands of Svalbard are in the...
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    Hayes Island, also known as Heiss Island (Russian: Остров Хейса, romanized: Ostrov Kheysa) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. It is located in...
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    Island Wiener Neustadt Island Luigi Island Champ Island Geography of Franz Josef Land List of islands of Russia Fridtjof Nansen's early map Passagiere des...
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    Harley Island (Russian: Остров Харли) is an island located in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Federation. This island is part of the Zichy...
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    Adelaide Island (Russian: остров Аделаиды) is an island located in Franz Josef Land, Russian Federation, in the north-east of the archipelago, which lies...
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    Fram (ship) (category Fridtjof Nansen)
    reaching 86° 14' north, he had to turn back to spend the winter at Franz Josef Land. Nansen and Johansen survived on walrus and polar bear meat and blubber...
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    Belaya Zemlya (redirect from White Land)
    Земля, literally "White Land") is a group of three cold, glaciated islands. It is a geographical subgroup of Franz Josef Land, Russian Federation. This...
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    Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition (category History of Franz Josef Land)
    and Karl Weyprecht. The expedition discovered and partially explored Franz Josef Land. The Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition was largely an initiative...
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    Peninsula, blizzard-ridden Wrangel Island, twice visited fog-enshrouded Novaya Zemlya, and I have seen Franz Josef Land with its enamel sky and proud cliffs...
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    confused with another Russian island called Nansen Island, which is part of Franz Josef Land, in the Arctic Ocean. Both islands are named in the honor and...
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    Middendorff Glacier (Lednik Middendorfa) - Franz Josef Land Molochnyy Glacier (Lednik Molochnyy) - Franz Josef Land Molotov Glacier (Lednik Molotova) - Severnaya...
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    Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition (category History of Franz Josef Land)
    Polar Expedition was a failed attempt to reach the North Pole from Franz Josef Land. The expedition was led by meteorologist Evelyn Briggs Baldwin [de]...
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  • smaller magmatic provinces. Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, Sverdrup Basin, Amerasian Basin, and northern Greenland (Peary Land) are some of the larger divisions...
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  • 54°0′E / 80.600°N 54.000°E / 80.600; 54.000 (Russia)  Russia Nansen Island, Franz Josef Land 80°26′N 54°0′E / 80.433°N 54.000°E / 80.433; 54.000 (Barents...
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