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- History_of_Franz_Josef_Land abstract "Franz Josef Land was presumably discovered by a Norwegian sealing vessel led by Nils Fredrik Rønnbeck and Johan Petter Aidijärvi in 1865. The first expedition to announce their finding was the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition in 1872, who named the archipelago in honor of Franz Joseph I. The islands were visited by a series of later expeditions, the first being led by Benjamin Leigh Smith in 1880, which along with the first expeditions contributed to exploring the southern and central parts of the archipelago. The next were two concurrent expeditions in 1896, the Nansen's Fram expedition and the Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition, which met by accident. These journeys contributed to the exploring of the northern and flank sides of Franz Josef Land.The next series of expeditions used the archipelago as a base while trying to reach the North Pole, the first attempt carried out by Walter Wellman in 1898. The following year an expedition on Stella Polare visited the archipelago, and from 1901 to 1905 the Ziegler Polar Expedition took place. Although unsuccessful at reaching their ultimate goal, and often poorly organized, these expeditions contributed to further exploration of the islands. Russian expeditions, starting with the icebreaker Yrmark in 1901, began frequenting the islands. In addition to exploration, these conducted an increasing amount of scientific research. Russia claimed sovereignty over the achipelago in 1914, and the Soviet Union formally annexed the islands on 15 April 1926, making it part of Arkhangelsk Oblast. Norway and Italy protested, and Norwegian sealers continued to operate in the waters for several years. A Norwegian attempt to establish a base in 1929 failed.The 1930 Bratvaag Expedition was the last Western European presence on the islands until 1990, except for an undetected German weather station on Alexandra Land during the Second World War. From 1932 the Soviet Union established weather station at Tikhaya Bay and Rudolf Island. The 1930s saw the development of complete topographical maps and the islands used as the starting points for drifting ice stations. During the Cold War the islands became strategically important and an aerodrome was constructed at Nagurskoye and Heiss Island. Ernst Krenkel Observatory was established in 1957. From 1991 foreign scientists were again welcome to the islands, which were declared a nature reserve in 1994. Tourism commenced and the archipelago became part of Russian Arctic National Park in 2011.".
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- History_of_Franz_Josef_Land date "February 2014".
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- History_of_Franz_Josef_Land comment "Franz Josef Land was presumably discovered by a Norwegian sealing vessel led by Nils Fredrik Rønnbeck and Johan Petter Aidijärvi in 1865. The first expedition to announce their finding was the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition in 1872, who named the archipelago in honor of Franz Joseph I.".
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