The surveyors will
land on Pakhtusov Island to search for traces of the first expeditions and
historic artefacts.
MOSCOW, August 19.
/TASS/. The Northern Fleet sailors plan to confirm the discovery of new islands
and other geographic objects that emerged from ice caps near the Novaya Zemlya
archipelago, the Northern Fleet’s press service reported on Monday.
"The Northern
Fleet’s surveyors who carry out missions onboard the Altai rescue tugboat and
the Gorizont survey vessel will confirm and detail the geographic discoveries
made based on space monitoring data," the report says.
The press service
reported that both vessels are currently found in the Kara Sea. The Gorizont’s
crew is carrying out hydrographic research in the Bely Island area. The vessel
entered the Kara Sea several days ago through the Kara Strait.
The integrated
expedition to study Franz Josef Land onboard the Altai vessel passed through
the Matochkin Shar Strait that separates the Yuzhny and Severny islands of the
Franz Josef Land archipelago. On Monday, the explorers will land on Pakhtusov
Island to search for traces of the first expeditions and historic artefacts.
The Northern Fleet's
combined expedition to Franz Josef Land set off from the fleet’s main base,
Severomorsk, on August 15 to operate until late September. Its members will
carry out geographic and archaeological studies of the Arctic archipelago and
will partially follow the routes of the pioneering explorers. The Northern
Fleet seamen will travel along the expedition routes of Julius von Payer (1874)
and Frederick Jackson (1897), as well as the rescue expedition led by navigator
Valerian Albanov and carry out some historical experiments.
During the mission,
the hydrographers will determine the state of the shoreline in areas where ice
melting made it possible to study parts of the shore that had previously been
hidden and explore a number of "blank spots" on the maps.
The combined
expedition is being carried out on the 90th anniversary of the first hoisting of
the Soviet flag (August 30, 1929) and the 105th anniversary of Russia’s flag
being raised over Franz Josef Land (during the expedition led by Captain 1st
rank Iskhak Islyamov). The Northern Fleet will carry out a number of historical
and patriotic activities on the archipelago as dedicated to these events.
Source: ITAR-TASS
19-08-2019
