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Norwegian Arctic Expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the <i>Bratvaag</i> Expedition

Author(s) -

Ian Gjertz,

Berit Mørkved

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

arctic

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1923-1245

pISSN - 0004-0843

DOI - 10.14430/arctic1075

Subject(s) - expansionism , annexation , norwegian , the arctic , arctic , politics , geography , archaeology , history , physical geography , economic history , ancient history , oceanography , political science , law , geology , philosophy , linguistics

Victoria Island (Ostrov Viktoriya in Russian) is the westernmost island of the Russian Arctic. The legal status of this island and neighbouring Franz Josef Land was unclear in 1929 and 1930. At that time Norwegian interests attempted, through a secret campaign, to annex Victoria Island and gain a foothold on parts of Franz Josef Land. We describe the events leading up to the Norwegian annexation, which was later abandoned for political reasons.

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