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NORTH-EAST LAND is the second largest island of the Spitsbergen archipelago and lies astride the parallel of 80 ° N. Until a few years ago, it remained virtually an unknown land of evil repute. It was thought to lie outside the influence of the Gulf Stream and therefore to suffer from a far severer climate than the rest of Spitsbergen. The Oxford University Expedition, under the leadership of A. R. Glen, was the first expedition to winter in the country, and besides the radio research work, glaciology, survey and other activities of the expedition (see NATURE, Jan. 2, p. 10), biological work was carried out through the year.
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Keith, D. Biological Work of the Oxford University Expedition to North-East Land, 1935–36. Nature 139, 55–57 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139055a0
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