Today we’re looking up the Laptev Sea. The Laptev Sea is a marginal sea which means it is partially enclosed by land- like arcs of islands that branch off from the mainland. You can think of it as sort of a vase shape that’s wide at the base, gets thinner at the neck then opens up where it comes out at the ocean.
Laptev Sea is named after two cousin explorers: Khariton Laptev and Dmitry Laptev.
The Severnaya Zemlya islands are on the West side of the Laptev Sea and are home to Pioneer Island, Schmidt Island, Bolshevik Island, Komsomolets Island, October Revolution Island, Starokadomoskogo Island and Maly Taymyr Island.
Severnaya Zemlya is the last archipelago to be discovered and is not inhabited by humans except for an arctic expedition. It was featured in Goldeneye- a James Bond movie, but the movie didn’t actually film there. The real islands don’t have trees because of permafrost.