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In 1943, Novaya Zemlya briefly served as a secret seaplane base for Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine, to provide German surveillance of Allied shipping en route to Siberia. The seaplane base was established by U-255 and U-711, which were operating along the northern coast of Soviet Russia as part of 13th U-boat Flotilla.
Severnaya Zemlya (Russian: Сéверная Земля́, lit. 'Northern Land', pronounced [ˈsʲevʲɪrnəjə zʲɪmˈlʲa]) is a 37,000 km 2 (14,000 sq mi) archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It lies off Siberia 's Taymyr Peninsula, separated from the mainland by the Vilkitsky Strait.
The Academy of Sciences Glacier is roughly circular in shape with a diameter of about 80 km (50 mi) and an area of 5,570 km 2 (2,150 sq mi). [3] It covers almost two thirds of Komsomolets island, except for an unglaciated area at the northern end. Its average height is 692 m (2,270 ft) with a maximum elevation of 749 m (2,457 ft).
Inostrantsev Glacier terminus. Severny Island, west coast. Zvezda Glacier in the Caucasus. Teberda Nature Reserve. Shore of Bennett Island, De Long Islands. The ice cap on top consists of four separate glaciers. View of the ice cap covering Schmidt Island. Severnaya Zemlya. Belukha Glacier in the Altai Range.
The Kamchatka Peninsula[a] (Russian: полуостров Камчатка, romanized: poluostrov Kamchatka, pronounced [pəlʊˈostrəf kɐmˈt͡ɕætkə]) is a 1,250-kilometre-long (777 mi) peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about 270,000 km 2 (100,000 sq mi). [3]
Glacier Bay Basin in southeastern Alaska, in the United States, encompasses the Glacier Bay and surrounding mountains and glaciers, which was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925, and which was later, on December 2, 1980, enlarged and designated as the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, covering an area of ...
Prince Rudolf Land, Crown Prince Rudolf Land, Prince Rudolf Island or Rudolf Island (Russian: Остров Рудольфа) is the northernmost island of the Franz Josef Archipelago, Russia and is home to the northernmost point in Russia. Owing to the island's location, its sheltered Teplitz Bay has served as a staging area for numerous polar ...
The most popular way to see Glacier Bay is by boat. Peter Christian, chief spokesperson for Public Affairs for the National Park Service’s Alaska region, said highly regulated cruise ships "go ...