Main results of the expedition of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Russian geographical society to survey the Severny island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in 2024

The article is devoted to the main results of field studies of historical and cultural heritage sites on the Severny Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, surveyed during a joint expedition of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Russian Geographical Society in 2024 on the Northern Fleet auxiliary vessel Yauza. Work was carried out at a number of points that had never been visited by historical and cultural heritage specialists before (Cape Vykhodnoy, Domashniy Island, Cape Krasheninnikova, Ukromnaya Bay, Yuzhny Krestovy Island). Monitoring of sites in Blagopoluchiya Bay, Ledyanaya Bay, Cape Zhelaniya, Cape Observatory, and Krestovaya Bay was carried out. Resonant results awaited the expedition participants in the area of Cape Sporyy Navolok. It was here in 1596/7 that the participants of the Dutch expedition of V. Barents wintered. For the first time in the history of the search for Barents' vessel, a real clue appeared in the form of a photo plan of the coastal shoal, on which man-made objects can be traced. New methods for recording heritage sites by creating orthophoto plans and digital scanning have been successfully developed.