1943 German weather station near the North Pole

A somewhat, to me, interesting discovery of its remaining artifacts by Russian archeologist. It sounds like a difficult posting.
Secret German World War II Base Rediscovered Near North Pole - Archaeology

Gaines

 

Hmmm . . . Jeez, I love journalistic hyperbole.

Not your fault, and, none the less, an interesting story, especially the evacuation due to Trichinosis.

But, “ . . . Franz Josef Land islands in the Barents Sea, located more than 680 miles (1,100 kilometers) north of the Russian city of Arkhangelsk.”

Not even halfway to the North Pole from Arkhangelsk, just shy of 4/10’s of the way there.

Distance from Arkhangelsk to the north pole is about 1760 miles. Station then, at about 680 miles north of Arkhangelsk, was not exactly “near” the north pole . . . 1080 miles to go, roughly; not even halfway there. Typically, Russian type folks and scientists going to the Franz Josef Islands leave from Murmansk because it is closer.

At least no one claimed, “At the North Pole”

 

..how many unknown and forgotten wartime ''expeditions'' are there way up in the North Atlantic/etc? ...
War Below Zero:The Battle for Greenland tells some stories of German weather stations/etc.....
....must've been very ''boring'''