New Siberian Islands

American  

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of the Russian Federation in Asia: part of the Yakut Autonomous Republic. 14,826 sq. mi. (38,400 sq. km).

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New Siberian Islands British  

plural noun

1. an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, off the N mainland of Russia, in the Sakha Republic. Area: about 37 555 sq km (14 500 sq miles)

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New Siberian Islands

Tagging along with the tusk hunters, Maxim Arbugaev, who is credited as the co-director and cinematographer for the New Siberian Islands footage, effectively becomes part of their team as they search for intact tusks.

From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2019

The ship had sunk about 150 miles from what are known as the New Siberian Islands, for which DeLong then laid his course.

From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

In 1893 she sailed from Norway and made her way by the Kara Sea to the New Siberian Islands.

From Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas by Leacock, Stephen

We had escaped the danger of a winter’s imprisonment on this coast, and we saw the way clear to our goal—the drift-ice to the north of the New Siberian Islands.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof

That it should then have commenced its travels through Europe and Siberia to the New Siberian Islands and North America seems almost an impossibility.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis