The fate of Rusanov's Gerkules expedition in the Kara Sea, 1913; Some Further details and recent developments

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ID9219101
AuthorsWerner Barr (0000-0003-0064-0211, University of Saskatchewan, corresponding author), William Barr (0000-0001-7711-7758)
Year1984
Volume22
Issue138
Pages287-304
Publication date1984-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolar Record (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0032247400005416
OpenAlexW2117759119
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

The Russian explorer V. A. Rusanov's geological expeditions to Novaya Zemlya (1908–11) gained him the experience that, in 1912, secured his appointment as leader of a government expedition to Svalbard. In the sealing ship Gerkules Rusanov and 14 others left Aleksandrovsk on 26 June, spending most of July and August staking claims, collecting specimens and inspecting coalmining operation around the islands. In late August Gerkules headed east for Novaya Zemlya and an attempt at the Northeast Passage. Neither ship nor crew were seen again, but relics of the expedition have since been found on islands in the Kara Sea; in 1978 a plaque commemorating the expedition was erected on Mys Primetnyy, where a campsite and many relics were identified

Archaeology · Crew · Geography · Geological Studies and Exploration · Geology · History · Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena · Oceanography · Polar Research and Ecology

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