The results of the expedition to study the Franz Josef Land . The distance traveled within the archipelago - about 3,500 km Campsites - 33 Landing - 35 to 24 islands Departure of boats on land and places to dive - 370 Diving statistics: 229 individual dives , the total time under water - 111 hours and 13 minutes , the maximum duration - 56 minutes , diving points - 22 Benthic samples - 90 , including 35 grabs a bucket and 53 dives Oceanographic and plankton samples - 22 , maximum depth - 554 m Deep-sea cameras - 24 dives , average depth - 165 m, maximum - 392 m The highest point on the conquered land - 558 m New species found in the archipelago - 2 species of birds, 11 species of macroalgae , 15 species of benthic invertebrates and Greenland shark ( other species will be determined after analysis of samples collected ) Ringed birds - 223 Found a new colony of white gulls Met with polar bears - 42 It is estimated walruses haul out on shore - more than 3,000 The observations of whales - 45 Retakes historical photos - 180
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:04:54 +0000
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