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Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land , Rus. Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa, archipelago, c.8,000 sq mi (20,720 sq km), in the Arctic Ocean N of Novaya Zemlya, Russia. It consists of 85 islands of volcanic origin, including Aleksandra Land, George Land, Wilczek Land, Graham Bell Island, Hooker Island, and Rudolf Island. Govern... Read more
Franz Josef Strauss
Franz Josef Strauss , 1915-88, West German political figure, leader of the Christian Social Union. He became prominent in the Bavarian Christian Social Union (the Bavarian wing of the Christian Democratic Union) after World War II. Elected to the Bundestag in 1949, he became (1956) minister of defen... Read more
Franz Gruber
Franz Gruber , 1787-1863, Austrian organist. On Christmas Eve in 1818 he composed his one published work, the music for the poem Silent Night by the local curate, Josef Mohr. ... Read more
Josef Čapek
Josef Čapek , 1887-1945, Czech writer and painter. He collaborated with his brother Karel on a number of plays and short stories. On his own he wrote the utopian play Land of Many Names (1923, tr. 1926) and several novels. Poems from a Concentration Camp (1946) were written in Belsen, whe... Read more
Franz von Sickingen
Franz von Sickingen , 1481-1523, German knight. Placed under the ban of the Holy Roman Empire because of his profitable forays along the Rhine, he served King Francis I of France and then made peace with Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, whose service he entered. His presence with an army near Frankf... Read more
Barents Sea
Barents Sea arm of the Arctic Ocean, N of Norway and European Russia, partially enclosed by Franz Josef Land on the north, Novaya Zemlya on the east, and Svalbard on the west. Its waters are warmed by the remnants of the North Atlantic Drift , so that its ports, including Murmansk and Vardö, ... Read more
William Speirs Bruce
William Speirs Bruce , 1867-1921, Scottish explorer and authority on the polar regions. He first went to the Antarctic as ship's surgeon in 1892 and later did survey work in Franz Josef Land and oceanographic work in the Arctic Ocean. He led (1902-4) the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition in the... Read more
Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth 1880-1951, American explorer, b. Chicago, Ill. He was a surveyor and engineer in railroad building and later a prospector and mining engineer in NW Canada. He became the financial supporter and associate of Roald Amundsen in his arctic aviation ventures. In 1926 they flew in the... Read more
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen , 1861-1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, scientist, statesman, and humanitarian. The diversity of Nansen's interests is shown in his writings, which include Eskimo Life (1893), Closing-Nets for Vertical Hauls and for Vertical Towing (1915), Russia & Peace (1923), and Armeni... Read more
the Arctic
the Arctic northernmost area of the earth, centered on the North Pole . The arctic regions are not coextensive with the area enclosed by the Arctic Circle (lat. 66°30′N) but are usually defined by the irregular and shifting 50°F (10°C) July isotherm that closely corresponds to ... Read more

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Franz Josef Land
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Franz Josef Land , Rus. Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa, archipelago, c.8,000 sq mi (20...erected 1929) and settlements are on the latter two islands. Some 90% of Franz Josef Land is covered by ice interspersed with poor lichen vegetation; the...
Elisabeth, Empress of Austria
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...emperor of Austria—a land that dominated the map of Europe...Helene to the new Emperor of Austria, Franz Josef (1830–1916). The handsome...after such a whirlwind romance. Franz Josef's mother, Princess Sophia, was...
Frederick George Jackson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and in Lapland, and he commanded (1894-97) the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition that explored Franz Josef Land. Jackson proved that Franz Josef Land was an archipelago, not a continent as had been suspected. His chance encounter (1896) with...
Lincoln Ellsworth
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...observer in the 1931 flight of the Graf Zeppelin to Franz Josef Land and Northern Land. In 1936 he accomplished the first flight over Antarctica...Indian Ocean side, viewing the previously unseen land named American Highland. With Amundsen he wrote...
Karl Weyprecht
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...expedition (1872-74) to the arctic in the course of which Franz Josef Land was discovered. Weyprecht became an advocate of internationally...of 1882-83. Bibliography: See J. von Payer, New Lands within the Arctic Circle (1876).
Louise Arner Boyd
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...to the Arctic in the summer of 1926. She traveled to Franz Josef Land, a group of islands north of Siberia, to hunt for polar...and later part of that coast was named Louise Boyd Land. This expedition began Boyd's association with the...
Fridtjof Nansen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...northernmost point to have been reached at that time. When they were wintering (1895-96) on Franz Josef Land (now often called Fridtjof Nansen Land), members of the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition (see Jackson, Frederick George ) chanced...
William Speirs Bruce
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...ship's surgeon in 1892 and later did survey work in Franz Josef Land and oceanographic work in the Arctic Ocean. He led...scientific research in the Weddell Sea and discovering Coats Land. Bruce established a meteorological station on Laurie...
Julius von Payer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Julius von Payer , 1842-1915, Austrian explorer and painter. While on an expedition (1872-74) to navigate the Northeast Passage with Karl Weyprecht, Payer accidentally found Franz Josef Land . Payer's expeditions became the subject of his paintings later in his life.
Polar Explorers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...expeditions, surveying or exploring Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, the New Siberian Islands, Wrangel Island, and Franz Josef Land. The colonization of Alaska and incorporation of the Russian-American Company (1799) necessitated greater familiarity...

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Hawkins, Jack
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...as narrator) 1954 The Seekers (Land of Fury ) (Annakin) (as Philip...Glenville) (as Interrogator); Land of the Pharaohs (Hawks) (as Pharaoh...War (Attenborough) (as Emperor Franz Josef); Monte Carlo or Bust! (Those...
Mueller-Stahl, Armin
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...series, Wolf unter Wölfen, Wege übers Land, 1968, and Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita...Colonel Redl ) (Szabó) (as Crown Prince Franz-Josef); An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr (God Doesn't Believe...
Beer Family
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...churches in the German-speaking lands. Although there was a Georg...chancel and nave . His son, Franz (1660–1726...designed by Michael Thumb. Franz Beer's next building (much...x2013;22), completed by Josef Schmutzer . Beer's most brilliant...

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Vacation on ice Mysterious Franz Josef Land is full of frozen wonders
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 11/14/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Bjorvik, Cape Heller, Franz Josef Land, Jan. 2, 1899 BILL...north. It's called Franz Josef Land, and it actually...border guards, Franz Josef Land is totally uninhabited...reasons for a trip to Franz Josef Land is the opportunity...
14 Months on Franz Josef Land.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; 14 MONTHS ON FRANZ JOSEF LAND. By MYKHAILO IVANYCHUK. Edited and translated by GLORIA K. ATAMANENKO...Soviet sovereignty over the archipelago of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa (Franz Josef Land), the Soviet government established a weather station at...
The deep freeze: wildlife photographer Louise Murray hitches a ride on a Russian icebreaker and embarks on a rare trip north of the Arctic Circle to the frozen outpost of Franz Josef Land.
Magazine article from: Geographical; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...backwards. "Lets get out of here." I was filming in Franz Josef Land, a group of islands almost 1,000 kilometres south...over position. In July, the water temperature in Franz Josef Land is almost -2[degrees]C. The walruses have...
Franz Josef II, 83, prince of Liechtenstein
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/15/1989; 686 words ; ...succeeded his great-uncle, Franz Josef I, on July 26, 1938...square miles of rolling land and rugged mountains between...Switzerland and Austria. Prince Franz Josef was regarded as one of...sacrosanct." It gave Prince Franz Josef the right to veto...
FRANZ JOSEF II, LED LIECHTENSTEIN FROM POVERTY TO PROSPERITY; AT 83
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/15/1989; ; 657 words ; ...half a century that made Franz Josef the world's longest...square miles of rolling land and rugged mountains between...Switzerland and Austria. Franz Josef was regarded as one of...Using his special powers, Franz Josef forced the formation...
Treetop treks proposed for Franz Josef
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/12/2000; ; 638 words ; ...is proposed for Franz Josef Glacier. It will be the...concession to run the Franz Josef venture on Department...Conservation (DOC) stewardship land is being lodged this week...immediately behind the Franz Josef village. Motueka-based...
DOC doubles offer for Franz Josef flood work
Newspaper article from: The Press; 8/15/1996; ; 496 words ; ...the $300,000 Franz Josef flood protection scheme...due to concerns from the Franz Josef community. Ratepayers...based on its rateable land in the village. ``The...important part of the Franz Josef community and takes the...
Prince Franz Josef II Of Liechtenstein Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/15/1989; 700+ words ; ...Liechtenstein-Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein...square miles of rolling land and rugged mountains between...United Nations. Prince Franz Josef enjoyed great popularity...1984 referendum. Prince Franz Josef was born at Frauenthal...
South Franz Josef risks flood
Newspaper article from: The Press; 3/2/2001; ; 567 words ; ...business owners at the southern end of Franz Josef Glacier township are being urged...Plan, which was opposed by some Franz Josef residents and business owners but...Rositer said the zone rendered the land and business incapable of reasonable...
Franz Josef businesses to receive financial help
Newspaper article from: The Press; 2/13/2003; 458 words ; ...to another $1 million to relocate Franz Josef businesses threatened by flash floods...the Government, and landowners in Franz Josef at risk from flash floods on the...provide $234,000 to buy affected land and a $300,000 low- interest...