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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An archipelago of north-central Russia in the Arctic Ocean north of Novaya Zemlya. Explored by an Austrian expedition in 1873, the islands were claimed by the USSR in 1926.
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- proper noun An
archipelago in theArctic Ocean in the north ofRussia , north ofNovaya Zemlya , east ofSvalbard .
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Another was to Franz Josef Land, a group of high-arctic islands from which early explorers embarked on attempts at the Pole.
James M. Clash: Polar Plunging at the North Pole James M. Clash 2010
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Another was to Franz Josef Land, a group of high-arctic islands from which early explorers embarked on attempts at the Pole.
James M. Clash: Polar Plunging at the North Pole James M. Clash 2010
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Putin traveled to Franz Josef Land, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean off the northwest coast of Russia's mainland in his latest display of adventuring prowess to highlight the country's guardianship of the resource-rich region.
Putin Helps Scientists Track Polar Bears In Russia's Arctic 2010
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Another was to Franz Josef Land, a group of high-arctic islands from which early explorers embarked on attempts at the Pole.
James M. Clash: Polar Plunging at the North Pole James M. Clash 2010
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Another was to Franz Josef Land, a group of high-arctic islands from which early explorers embarked on attempts at the Pole.
James M. Clash: Polar Plunging at the North Pole James M. Clash 2010
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Another was to Franz Josef Land, a group of high-arctic islands from which early explorers embarked on attempts at the Pole.
James M. Clash: Polar Plunging at the North Pole James M. Clash 2010
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Putin traveled to Franz Josef Land, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean off the northwest coast of Russia's mainland in his latest display of adventuring prowess to highlight the country's guardianship of the resource-rich region.
Putin Helps Scientists Track Polar Bears In Russia's Arctic 2010
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Another was to Franz Josef Land, a group of high-arctic islands from which early explorers embarked on attempts at the Pole.
James M. Clash: Polar Plunging at the North Pole James M. Clash 2010
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Another was to Franz Josef Land, a group of high-arctic islands from which early explorers embarked on attempts at the Pole.
James M. Clash: Polar Plunging at the North Pole James M. Clash 2010
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The Eurasian Ice Sheet initiation began 28 ky BP as a result of temperature changes that lowered equilibrium line altitudes across the Scandinavian mountains, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, and Novaya Zemlya.
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