The Russian polar expedition of 1900–1902 was commissioned by the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences to study the Arctic Ocean north of the New Siberian Islands and search for the legendary Sannikov
Baron von Toll
Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, patron of the expedition
Expedition members aboard Zarya. Top row, third from left: Kolchak. Second row: Kolomeitsev, Matisen, Toll, Walter, Seeberg and Byalynitsky-Birulya
Members of the expedition on Zarya
Bennett Island
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Bennett Island is the largest of the De Long Islands in the northern part of the East Siberian Sea in North Asia. The area of this island is approximately 150 square kilometres and it has a tombolo at
Russian polar expedition of 1900–1902
…Baltic German geologist and Arctic explorer Baron Eduard von Toll on the ship Zarya. Toll and his three assistants vanished in late 1902 while exploring Bennett Island. One of the key members of the expedition was Alexander Kolchak, then a young researcher and lieutenant of the Russian Navy, and later a leader of the…
drawing of Bennett Island, discovered north of Siberia by the Jeannette Expedition, July 1881
A headland on Bennett Island
View of Bennett Island with its ice cap