The research vessel “Ivan Petrov” and the scientists shortly before departure in Arkhangelsk. (Photo: Rosneft) On August 14, an expedition aboard the scientific research vessel “Ivan Petrov” departed from Arkhangelsk for Novaya Zemlya and Franz...
The Arctic Century Expedition is being carried out aboard the Akademik Tryoshnikov, a Russian research icebreaker. Currently, the ship is docked in Kiel, where it is being loaded for the expedition. Photo: Jan Steffen, GEOMAR In August, scientists from Switzerland,...
The most peculiar feature of narwhals is their tusk. It usually develops only in male narwhals, mostly from the upper left canine tooth. Photo: Dr. Michael Wenger Narwhals – the “unicorns of the seas” – are good at eluding human gaze, making...
Dmitry Kiselev has spent years gathering facts and images from old Soviet and Russian sources to write an exciting and insightful book about the first Soviet Arctic station. On 488 pages and 150 illustrations, he shows the pioneering achievements that were made there...
Cape Tegetthoff is the landmark of Franz Josef Land. The island was discovered officially on August 30, 1873 as the first island of the archipelago by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition led by Julius Payer and Carl Weyprecht. (Image: Heiner Kubny) At the...
