Along the Berents Sea shore of Novaya Zemlya, no icebergs are found as a rule in the open 

 sea, even though in the depth of almost every fjord of the northern island of Novaya Zemlya there 

 are glaciers falling into the sea. 



Thus, Franz Joseph Land (figure 50) should be considered the greatest producer of icebergs 

 in the Berents Sea. In certain years, these icebergs conclude surprising voyages. 



Thus, in April, 1929, icebergs were seen at 71° north and 34. 5° east. In the first ten days 

 of May, these icebergs showed up near Murman. The position of some of them was as follows: 

 1 - 68° 13' north, 39° 24' east; 2 - within four miles northeast of Cape Chernyi; 3 - 69° 22' north, 

 35° 44' east; 4 - within 20 miles northwest of Cape Tsip-navolok; 5 - near Teri berki. The height 

 of the icebergs was up to 12 m above sea level. Later, these icebergs, carried into the strait of 

 the White Seas, stayed near the Kaninskli shore through June. 



Such an extremely rare course of icebergs has to be explained by north winds which had blown 

 the icebergs into the Nordkapp Current, which afterwards carried them to the east along the 

 Murmansk shore. This example, at the same time, illustrates the longevity of icebergs, explained 

 by their great mass and monolithicity. 



In the Kara Sea, along the eastern shore of Novaya Zemlya, almost no icebergs can be found 

 for the same reasons as along its western shores: the existing system of currents and winds forces 

 them to the shore, and, furthermore, the shallow steppes do not permit them to move out of the 

 fjords in which they have broken off from the glacier. 



80 W 20 SO 40 SO SO 70 80 



Figure 50. Locations of icebergs found in the Barents 

 Sea from 1899 to 1928. 



Many icebergs are found near Ushakov Island. Actually, this island was discovered by us 

 (expedition on the Sadko) in 1935 in a fog, chiefly due to an unexpected meeting with icebergs, the 

 sharp form of which forced us to presume that they had calved recently and that the place of their 

 birth was located somewhere near. 



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