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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).


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

On Von Toll’s mentioning this, Kelch at once expressed himself willing to bear the cost, as he wished us in that event to meet with Siberian hospitality even on the New Siberian Islands.

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

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 Robert Francis Scharff

For since then the New Siberian Islands have not been visited by any scientific expedition.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie

All was still clear of snow, and the New Siberian Islands lying long and low in the Polar seas were safely passed.

From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by M. B. (Margaret Bertha) Synge

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