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16 September 2021 / The Independent Barents Observer
Event

A record number of Atlantic walruses recorded in the Russian Arctic

Franz Josef Land

According to preliminary data, more than seven thousand walruses were recorded, which is two times as many as last year. This was also when the largest walrus habitat in the history of Arctic exploration was found on the northernmost island of the Franz Josef Land archipelago, the Eva-Liv island.


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