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...
Nagurskaya is the northernmost military base in Russia. It is located in the north of the island of Alexandra Land, the westernmost island of Franz Josef Land. Nagurskaya is the only inhabited place on the island. (Photo: Vadim Savitsky) Suspicion of fraudulent...
