Chapter 3. The place names of Franz Josef Land: framing the problem

Authors

  • Magnus Forsberg Åskloster

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/5.3580

Keywords:

Franz Josef Land, historic place names, historical geography, historical archaeology, polar exploration, Oslo NSF workshop

Abstract

A brief introduction to the geographic place names of Franz Josef Land. Franz Josef Land is located in the western Arctic though for much of the 20th Century it was closed behind the Iron Curtain. Prior to that, there were a series of Western expeditions between the ‘official’ discovery in 1873 and the departure of the American Fiala group in 1905. From these expeditions, the islands are heavily connected to the history of the search for the North Pole.

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Author Biography

Magnus Forsberg, Åskloster

Magnus Forsberg was born in Sweden. Although he was formally educated in mathematics and physics at Goteborg University and Chalmers University of Technology at Goteborg, Magnus soon returned to his first love — nature. He worked as a warden for a nature sanctuary and bird observatory from 1976 to 1994, including, in 1990, heading the second largest wetland restoration in Sweden, the Getteron Wetland Sanctuary. He has been a guide in North Africa, the Middle East, Siberia, Central Asia, and throughout the Polar Regions.

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Published

2015-09-09

How to Cite

Forsberg, M. (2015). Chapter 3. The place names of Franz Josef Land: framing the problem. Septentrio Conference Series, (3), 17–29. https://doi.org/10.7557/5.3580