Wrangel Island

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Wran·gel Island

(răng′gəl, vrăn′gyĭl)

An island of northeast Russia in the Arctic Ocean northwest of the Bering Strait. It is named in honor of Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangel (1796-1870), a Russian explorer who made an unsuccessful attempt to locate the island (1820-1824).

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Wrangel Island

(ˈræŋɡəl)

(Placename) an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of the extreme NE of Russia: administratively part of Russia; mountainous and mostly tundra. Area: about 7300 sq km (2800 sq miles)

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Before she sank, a relatively comfortable camp was established on the ice, from which Bob Bartlett organized the retreat south to Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelya).

STEFANSSON, DR. ANDERSON AND THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1913-1918: A STORY OF EXPLORATION, SCIENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY

O roll khishchnikov v dinamike chislennosti lemmingov (na primere ostrova Vrangelya.) [On the role of predators in the dynamics of lemming numbers (an example from Wrangel Island)].

Population cycles in small mammals: the problem of explaining the low phase

Hence he did not experience the subsequent sinking of that ship or the dramas and hardships of the survivors who made it to Ostrov Vrangelya.

The Making of an Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1916