Franz Josef Land

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Franz Josef Land: Nortbruk (Northbrook) Island

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Franz Josef Land: References & Edit History

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discovery
- In Arctic: Conquest of the Northeast Passage
exploration by Weyprecht
- In Karl Weyprecht
icebergs
- In iceberg: Iceberg distribution and drift trajectories
physiography
- In Arctic: Other glacier groups

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: NASA - Earth Observatory - Franz Josef Land.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 13, 2019
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 05, 2011
	Geologic time data updated.	Maren Goldberg	Oct 06, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998