Champ Island
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History
This island was named after William S. Champ,[1][2][3] who was the representative of the late William Ziegler and leader of the relief operation searching for Anthony Fiala of the Fiala-Ziegler Polar Expedition.[4]
A piece of a century-year-old ski was found in Champ Island, at Cape Trieste (Mys Triest) in August 2006.[5]
Geography
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Champ Island is the southernmost island of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Joseph Archipelago. It is separated by narrow sounds from Luigi Island in the north and Salisbury Island in the northeast.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The broad channel in the west of Champ Island is known as Markham Sound (Пролив маркама; Proliv Markama), after British polar explorer Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The island is known by its concretions, stone spheres with dimensions from millimetres to several meters.[7]
See also
References
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- ↑ NY Times - May, 14 1904
- ↑ NY Times - May, 5 1904
- ↑ The Papers of M. Frederick Mount in the Dartmouth College Library
- ↑ Anthony Fiala: Fighting the Polar Ice. Doubleday, Page & co., New York 1907, p. 193
- ↑ Ski fragment
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- ↑ Friedhelm Thiedig: Fahrt zum Geografischen Nordpol und zum Franz Josef Land (2005) – mit Beschreibung der Klagenfurt Inseln und der auffällig großen Steinkugeln östlich Kap Fiume auf Champ Island (FJL) (PDF; 11,2 MB). In: Carinthia II 196/116(1), 2006, pp. 9–32
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External links
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- High Arctic mosses & plants on Champ Island High Arctic mosses & plants on Champ Island
- Names in Russian
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