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Century-old ski found at Mys Triest, Ostrov Champa, Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa, Russia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2007

P.J. Capelotti*
Affiliation:
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Penn State Abington College, Abington, PA 19001USA

Abstract

A fragment of a ski dating from the late 19th or early 20th century was found at Mys Triest [Cape Trieste] on Ostrov Champa [Champ Island] in the Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa [Franz Josef Land] archipelago in August 2006. The age and location of the ski suggest a connection with the American era of exploration of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa (1898–1905).

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