Examining Russia's Northernmost Island... Rudolf Island
At 81 degrees North, you find Russia's Rudolf Island, or Остров Рудольфа. This uninhabited island may look boring from the outside but has a bunch of interesting stories of people who tried to reach the north pole from there. There is also a somewhat hidden base on the west side of the island, and a few key landmarks. I hope you enjoy this google maps expedition! My Amazon Affiliate Links: Book I've been reading about William Barents' Shipwreck in the Arctic: https://amzn.to/3EpU68M Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Island https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Land https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole-1 https://fb.ru/article/590854/2024-samyiy-severnyiy-ostrov-rossii-gde-on-nahoditsya https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86 https://tass.ru/obschestvo/4250819 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWLgIrpI4vw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MXV6LcPBjs https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8 https://autogear.ru/article/271/536/gde-nahoditsya-ostrov-rudolfa-opisanie-ostrova/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Fligely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_North_Pole_expedition https://www.newspapers.com/image/843834513/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Luigi_Amedeo,_Duke_of_the_Abruzzi https://www.newspapers.com/image/33164414/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/55027993/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziegler_Polar_Expedition https://www.newspapers.com/image/780975813/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Cagni https://alchetron.com/North-Pole-1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/1039746072/ Photos on the Rudolf Island base: https://www.flickr.com/photos/antecanis/tags/rudolfa/
At 81 degrees North, you find Russia's Rudolf Island, or Остров Рудольфа. This uninhabited island may look boring from the outside but has a bunch of interesting stories of people who tried to reach the north pole from there. There is also a somewhat hidden base on the west side of the island, and a few key landmarks. I hope you enjoy this google maps expedition! My Amazon Affiliate Links: Book I've been reading about William Barents' Shipwreck in the Arctic: https://amzn.to/3EpU68M Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Island https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Land https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole-1 https://fb.ru/article/590854/2024-samyiy-severnyiy-ostrov-rossii-gde-on-nahoditsya https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86 https://tass.ru/obschestvo/4250819 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWLgIrpI4vw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MXV6LcPBjs https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8 https://autogear.ru/article/271/536/gde-nahoditsya-ostrov-rudolfa-opisanie-ostrova/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Fligely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_North_Pole_expedition https://www.newspapers.com/image/843834513/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Luigi_Amedeo,_Duke_of_the_Abruzzi https://www.newspapers.com/image/33164414/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/55027993/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziegler_Polar_Expedition https://www.newspapers.com/image/780975813/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Cagni https://alchetron.com/North-Pole-1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/1039746072/ Photos on the Rudolf Island base: https://www.flickr.com/photos/antecanis/tags/rudolfa/