Arctic Northeast - Franz Joseph Land
Arktis Nordost - Franz Joseph Land
They were only partly successful, their ship trapped in polar ice had to be abandoned but they discovered the Arctic archipelago "Franz Joseph Land" named after the Austro-Hungarian emperor. Tales and reconstructions of the gripping and adventurous historic expedition serve as a thread which provides the viewer with scenes of a previously unaccessible area of the Russian Arctic showing the beauty of the arctic flora and fauna.