POLAR EXPEDITION
KARTESH
August 14, 2015
Near Bely Island

Bely Island is located in the Kara Sea and the Malygin Strait separates it from the Yamal peninsula. Bely Island has been a sacred place for the indigenous people of the north since ancient times. A weather station was opened on the island in 1933 and operates up to the present day.
Bely Island is a part of the Yamal Nature preserve, established in 1977. Reindeer inhabit the island.
R/V Kartesh sailed round the island and headed for the Gulf of Ob of the Kara Sea.