Map Myths @mapmyths.com · Feb 17 🧵 THE MIRAGE CELEBRATED BY SOVIET HOLLYWOOD For over 125 years, the elusive Sannikov Land foiled explorers, directed the funding of the Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences, and eventually morphed into a cinematic epic.
3 likes 1 replies
?
Replies
In the 19th century, it was widely believed that the Arctic was ice free, kept open by warm ocean currents. If ships could just break through the ice barrier, who knew what lands and people would be found in this warm oasis?