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	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Franz-Josef Land
		It is found in the Arctic Ocean north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard, and is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast.
		Franz Josef Land consists of 191 ice-covered islands with an area of 16,134 kmÂ² and is largely uninhabited.
		An airfield was built at Greem Bell to serve as a staging base for Russian bomber aircraft, and training missions were quite common between Franz Josef Land, the mainland, and Novaya Zemlya.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Franz-Josef_Land (1285 words)

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		Leigh Smith, who twice visited and once wintered on the southern coast of Franz Josef Land, is useful as recording several minor discoveries in the south-west, as well as affording valuable information as to the character of the winter climate.
		Franz Josef Land was discovered by the Austro-Hungarian expedition on August 30, 1873.
		The geology of Franz Josef Land promises to be of great interest Speaking briefly, one may say that, as far as is now known, it is similar [page 496] to that of Spitzbergen.
	home.planet.nl /~keijz504/common/articles/polar/1894_montefiore.html (2226 words)

	Russian Arctic - Franz Josef Land
		Franz Josef Land (Земля Франца Иосифа/Zemlja Frantsa Iosifa) is an extensive archipelago of 191 islands located in the northeast Barents Sea region of the Arctic Ocean.
		The islands form the northernmost regions of the European Arctic and are bound by the waters of the open Arctic Ocean to the north, the Barents Sea to the south and by the Kara Sea to the southeast.
		Glaciers on the islands of the Franz Josef Archipelago are currently in a state of retreat.
	www.oceandots.com /arctic/russia/franz-josef.htm (422 words)

	FRANZ JOSEF LAND - Online Information article about FRANZ JOSEF LAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The island was probably the King Oscar Land of Payer.
		group of islands, and the outlying land sighted by Payer was found to be islands also.
		Nansen, on his southward journey, had approached Franz Josef Land from the north-east, finding only sea at the north end of Wilczek Land, and seeing nothing of Payer's Rawlinson Sound, or of the north end of Austria Sound.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /FRA_GAE/FRANZ_JOSEF_LAND.html (1516 words)

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		If the land could be safely made and safely left, it held out great possibilities; but the Austro-Hungarian Expedition had apparently made it clear that neither the one nor the other could be relied on-that the chance of the safety of an expedition was remote indeed.
		Leigh Smith was able to place Franz Josef Land in a more favourable light than the Austrian Expedition did, finding a large supply of animal food of various kinds, and also discovering many birds which had not been seen before, and their places of breeding, which was important; and Mr.
		Franz Josef Land, up to the present, has been in this position—that the migratory birds journey there three or four weeks earlier than to any other parts of the Arctic Regions, which is a proof positive that there is open water, and, in consequence of the open water, something for them to live upon.
	home.planet.nl /~keijz504/common/articles/polar/1895_montefiore.html (10012 words)

	Franz Josef Land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Franz Josef Land consists of 191 ice-covered islands and is largely uninhabited.
		After exploration of its southern islands it was named to the honour of the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1895 (and partly in 1896) Fridtjof Nansen supplemented the explorations.
		In 1926 the islands were taken over by the Soviet Union, and a few inhabitants came for research and military purposes.
	franz-josef-land.iqnaut.net (1250 words)

	franz josef land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Franz Joseph land is located at 80 degrees north latitude and 50 degrees east longitude.
		Located above Russia Franz Josef land is 8,000 square miles, and is a group of about 85 islands.
		.Franz Josef land consists of the arctic tundra biome that is mentioned above.
	www.riverdale.k12.or.us /~kurtv11/franzjosef (586 words)

	AllRefer.com - Franz Josef Land (Arctic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Franz Josef Land[frans jO´zuf, frAnts yO´zef] Pronunciation Key, Rus.
		It consists of 85 islands of volcanic origin, including Aleksandra Land, George Land, Wilczek Land, Graham Bell Island, Hooker Island, and Rudolf Island.
		Some 90% of Franz Josef Land is covered by ice interspersed with poor lichen vegetation; the average mean temperature is 6.5°F (-14.2°C).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/FranzJosL.html (225 words)

	Franz Josef Land - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Franz Josef Land - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Franz Josef Land (Russian Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa), archipelago, northwestern Russia, in the Arctic Ocean, east of the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard...
		Gall, Franz Joseph (1758-1828), German anatomist and physician, born in Tiefenbronn, Germany.
	encarta.msn.com /Franz_Josef_Land.html (153 words)

	Strauss Franz Josef - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Strauss, Franz Josef (1915-1988), German politician, leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU).
		The Land of Music is a name often given to Austria.
		The composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Johann Strauss the Elder and...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Strauss_Franz_Josef.html (124 words)

	Ice Breaker Expedition to Franz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Franz Josef Land archipelago is the closest land to the North Pole in the Eastern Hemisphere (about 540 miles to the North Pole from its utmost Northern point).
		Today we might also land on the Bell Island for a hike in order to visit the house built by Lee Smith expedition in 1881 that has remained in perfect condition up to now.
		We are to land onto the island to see the remarkable Nature creations: the stones of ideal spherical shape (up to 3 m of diameter).
	www.russian-gateway.com.au /ice_breaker_expedition_to_franz.htm (1334 words)

	Franz Josef Land
		In 1937, the Russian SP-1 expedition established a base on Rudolf Island prior to flying in four 4-engine cargo planes to the North Pole for the purpose of establishing a drifting ice station near the pole.
		This was the first landing on the ice in the near vicinity of the North Pole.
		Vodopyanov was the pilot of the first plane to fly from Rudolf Island and land near the North Pole.
	members.tripod.com /polarflight-online/franzjosefland.htm (316 words)

	Extreme Tour, North Pole, TRAVEL COMPANY TOUR LAND,trips to the North Pole, ZFI, Russian Arctika by ice breakers Yamal, ...
		Today we are also to land on the Bell Island for a hike in order to visit the house built by Lee Smith expedition in 1881, that has remained in perfect condition up to now.
		We are to land on Cape Fiume, where remarkable Nature creations are to be found, among them stones of ideal spherical shape (up to 3 m of diameter).
		Land!” And we named this unknown land after the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef Land.
	www.tour-land.ru /extr/ship/eng/program_zfi.shtml (1213 words)

	Glazovsky Abstract. Arctic Workshop 2006: 36th Annual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Total number of these glaciers is 852 on Franz Josef Land, 48 on Severnaya Zemlya, and 39 on Novaya Zemlya.
		In spring 2005 we performed the field studies including the radio echo sounding of glaciers in southern Franz Josef Land and in northwestern Novaya Zemlya, as well as the icebergs in the Barents Sea waters.
		The maximum sizes of potential icebergs have been assessed for the glaciers of southern Franz Josef Land by the data on ice thickness and ice surface elevation and flotation criteria estimations.
	instaar.colorado.edu /AW/abstract_detail.php?abstract_id=41 (471 words)

	Franz Josef Land biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The archipelago is only 550 miles from the North Pole, closer than all land masses except for Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland.
		After exploration of its southern islands it was named to the honour of the Austrian king Franz Joseph I.
		The name was bestowed in honor of Austrian emperor Franz Joseph of Austria.
	www.biography.ms /Franz-Josef_Land.html (1176 words)

	Ice Core Group Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The archipelago of Franz Josef Land, on the northern rim of the continental shelf that underlies the Barents Sea, is the northernmost land mass in the Eastern Hemisphere.
		Here, the climate is influenced greatly by the intrusion of Atlantic-derived cyclonic systems that feed moisture into the region, and as a consequence, Franz Josef Land has unusually mild summers for its latitude.
		This means that Franz Josef Land is at a strategic location for studying changes in sea ice cover in the Arctic, since it lies in the region between the modern-day seasonal maximum (February) and
	www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu /Icecore/FranzJosefLand.html (253 words)

	Nordic Travel. Arctic :: Icebreaker Expedition to Spitsbergen, Victoria Island and Franz Josef Land
		The Spitzbergen Archipelago, Norwegian Svalbar is a land mutually owned by Russia and Norway, found in the Arctic Ocean to the north of the Scandinavian Peninsula and the Polar circle.
		In the morning we plan to land in the region of the Sjuoyane islands, namely the island of Rossoya, which is the northernmost point of Norway.
		In the evening we are leaving the archipelago and heading to the Franz Josef Land.
	nordictravel.ru /arctic/fjl.html (2175 words)

	Franz Josef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916), former Austrian Emperor.
		Franz Josef Glacier, a glacier on New Zealand's South Island, named after Franz Joseph I of Austria.
		Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906–1989), former Prince of Liechtenstein.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Franz_Josef (123 words)

	Franz Josef Land
		Franz Josef Land is an archipelago located in far north Russia.
		It is found in the Arctic Ocean northeast of Spitzbergen, and is administered by Arkhangelsk oblast.
		The archipelago is volcanic, composed of Tertiary and Jurassic basalts, and though covered mostly by ice it does have outcroppings covered with moss and lichens.
	www.fact-index.com /f/fr/franz_josef_land.html (982 words)

	North Pole icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn to North Pole
		Franz Josef Land is a home to polar bears, walruses, seals and a great variety of Arctic birds.
		The whole day we are at sea on the way to Franz Josef Land.
		We are to land onto the island to see the remarkable creations of the Mother Nature: the stones of ideal spherical shape (up to 3 m of diameter).
	www.eaglescry.com /Kapitan_Dranitsyn.htm (1538 words)

	Franz Josef Land - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Franz Josef Land" at HighBeam.
		The deep freeze: wildlife photographer Louise Murray hitches a ride on a Russian icebreaker and embarks on a rare trip north of the Arctic Circle to the frozen outpost of Franz Josef Land.
		Heimlichkeit und schriftlichkeit: das osterreichische strafprozessrecht in Franz Kafkas Roman der Process.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-franzjosl.html (252 words)

	Explorer Baldwin Sails For The Arctic Regions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It consists of two large masses of land, Wilezek Land to the east and Zichy Land to the west, separated by Austria Sound, running from south to north, giving off a northeast arm, Rawlinson Sound, in 80 deg.
		Between the two sounds lies Crown Prince Rudolf Land, while to the north of this is Petermann Land, and to the northwest King Oscar Land.
		It was in Franz-Josef Land that Nansen and Johansen, on their return journey, met Jackson, leader of an English exploring party, which had wintered less than 100 miles from their solitary camp.
	www.arcticwebsite.com /BaldwinSails.html (505 words)

	Franz Josef Land in images, part 6 - Travel-images.com
		Franz Josef Land: Polar Bear on edge of ice flow
		Franz Josef Land: Polar Bear walking on ice flows with reflection
		Pictures of Franz Josef Land - russian archipelago in the Arctic Sea.
	www.travel-images.com /franz-josef6.html (166 words)

	R1FJ DX-pedition to Franz-Josef Land
		Members of Moscow Radio Club are finishing their preparations for long awaited Franz Josef Land DX-pedition.
		The team of RD3AF, RN3AZ, RU3AV, RZ3DU, UA3DX and UA3AKO is scheduled to arrive FJL on March 17, 2004 and stay on the air until March 25 with R1FJ call sign.
		Due to a very special air transportation to and from FJL the cost of this DX-pedition is very high, so any financial support of R1FJ activity will be highly appreciated.
	www.rdxc.org /r1fj (365 words)

	Franz-Josef 2004 - Skies Unlimited Ent. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The knowledgeable lecturers aboard ship report on the history of the archipelago’s discovery, as well as deliver a series of lectures on the local fauna that we are likely to view in the course of this expedition.
		Weather permitting, we land on its shore by helicopter.
		Attracted by unfamiliar smells, the bears come to the very board of the vessel and, rising on their hind legs, sniff the air, providing a unique possibility to photograph the Lord of the Icy Realm in his natural environment.
	www.skiesunlimited.com /FranzJosef_2004_Itin.html (2108 words)

	The Guiding Company Ltd - Franz Josef Glacier :: Glacier Guiding Westland National Park NZ
		Franz Josef glacier is nestled in Westland National Park in The Wild West Coast of the South Island.
		This picturesque location is perfect for all your South Island travel as Franz Josef is located a short 45 minutes from Fox Glacier, 5 hours from Christchurch or Queenstown and only 2 hours from Hokitika or Haast.
		Based in the Alpine Adventure Centre on the main road of the Franz Josef township, The Guiding Company team specialises in small professionally guided tours and is dedicated to providing customer service, satisfaction and safety.
	www.nzguides.com (562 words)

	POSEIDON Arctic Voyages. Franz-Josef Land. List of lectures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Greenland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, as a leader of geologist party.
		During the study of geology, glaciology and climatology in Erlangen he took part in mountaineering expeditions on other continents and conquered some mountain peaks in the Rocky Mountains, and also the summits of 5,000 m and 6,000 m high in the Andes in South America.
		Since 1998 Franz has been accompanying the passenger cruises to Antarctica, Svalbard, and Greenland and also on the Northwest Passage.
	www.victory-cruises.com /pearls_lectures.html (2801 words)

	Franz Josef Land - images - Travel-images.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Franz Josef Land - Bell Island: bird stained rocks with hut
		Franz Josef Land - Wilzcek Land Island: man at cliff edge
		Pictures of Franz Josef Land - russian archipelago in the Artic Sea.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/franz-josef.html (147 words)

	Visible Earth: Franz Josef Land, Arctic Ocean
		Franz Josef Land is an archipelago consisting of about 60 islands, which are mostly snow and ice covered.
		Uninhabited, the islands are the northernmost land mass in the Eastern Hemisphere, and lie almost entirely within the Arctic Circle, north of the Barents Sea.
		In this MODIS image from April 30, 2002, the islands are locked in permanent winter, and the sea is a loosely packed mosaic of ice.
	visibleearth.nasa.gov /view_rec.php?id=3120 (95 words)

	Glacier Guide Franz Josef New Zealand, Glacier Tour Franz Josef New Zealand : Franz Josef Glacier Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From high in New Zealand's Southern Alps, the Franz Josef Glacier descends deep into the lush rainforest of Westland's National Park, giving you the opportunity to experience the most dramatic glacial environment available to the general public anywhere in the world.
		Franz Josef Glacier Guides is an internationally recognized guiding operation, offering a range of glacier hike options to suit all levels of fitness.
		Franz Josef Glacier Guides is committed to providing the most spectacular and rewarding glacier experience.
	www.franzjosefglacier.com (169 words)

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