The Izvestiy TSIK Islands or Izvesti Tsik Islands (russian: Острова Известий ЦИК), also known as Izvestia Islands, is an island group in the
Kara Sea
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,
Russian Federation
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.
Geography
The archipelago includes two large and two small islands covered with tundra vegetation, shingle and ice. It is located in the
Kara Sea
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, about 150 km from the coast of
Siberia
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and just 45 km north of the nearest island group, the
Arkticheskiy Institut Islands.
The largest island is Troynoy with a length of 27 km.
The sea surrounding the Izvesti Tsik Islands is covered with pack ice in the winter and there are numerous ice floes even in the summer. The strait between Pologyy-Sergeyeva and Gavrilina Island is known as Proliv Belukha. The wholly submerged
Sadko Shoal
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(russian: Банка Садко;''Banka Sadko'') is located roughly 30 km to the NE of
Tupoy Point, Troynoy Island's easternmost headland.
This island group belongs to the
Krasnoyarsk Krai
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administrative division of
Russia
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and is part of the
Great Arctic State Nature Reserve
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A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife san ...
, the largest nature reserve of Russia.
The islands are a breeding ground for migratory birds during the brief summer season.
History
These islands were named after ''Izvestiya Tsentral'nogo Ispolnitel'nogo Komiteta'', which was the full title of the newspaper
Izvestia
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. A topographic survey of the islands was conducted in 1939.
There is a scientific station (Polyarnaya Stantsiya) on Troynoy Island that was founded in 1953. In September 2016 the weather station was encircled by about 10 adult
polar bears as well as cubs, making it dangerous for scientists to exit. A nearby ship was able to deliver dogs and flares to the island, allowing the scientists, who had been trapped for two weeks, to scare off the bears.
See also
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List of islands of Russia
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Organizations
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List of research stations in the Arctic
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Sadko (icebreaker)
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Ship history
She was built in Low Walker, England in 1912-13 as the icebreaking passenger and frei ...
Further reading
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William Barr
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Born and raised in New York City, Barr ...
, Reinhard Krause and Peter-Michael Pawlik, ''The polar voyages of Captain
Eduard Dallmann Eduard Dallmann (11 March 1830 – 23 December 1896) was a German whaler, trader, and Polar explorer.
Dallmann was born in Blumenthal, at-the-time a village just to the north of Bremen. He began his adventures as a young sailor at the age of&n ...
, whaler, trader, explorer 1830–96''.
References
External links
Account of an expedition of amateur radio operatorswith photographs (Russian)
Archipelagoes of the Kara Sea
Populated places of Arctic Russia
Islands of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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