Although the actual goal of the 1872-1874 expedition led by Julius Payer and Carl Weyprecht to reach the Northeast Passage and the North Pole was not achieved, August Petermann's theory of the open Arctic Ocean could no longer be upheld.…
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Franz Josef Land is located in Russia to the east of Svalbard and west of Novaya Zemlya, the island extension of the Urals. The southernmost island is located at approx. 80°, the northernmost island at almost 82° north. Location of…
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