page_title: Queen Victoria Sea
hierarchical_section_title: Queen Victoria Sea
caption_attribution_description: Map of Franz Josef Land&#160;: showing journeys and discoveries of Frederick G. Jackson, F.R.G.S., leader of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition 1894-7 Scale 1:1.000.000 Publisher: London, Royal Geographical Society Lithogr., color, 31 × 41 cm Published in v. 11, no. 2, February 1898 issue of the Geographical Journal, accompanying article titled "Three years’ exploration in Franz Josef Land" by Frederick G. Jackson.
context_page_description: The Queen Victoria Sea is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from northeast of Svalbard to northwest Franz Josef Land. It is obstructed by ice most of the year.
  This sea is named after Queen Victoria. Russian Arctic explorer Valentin Akkuratov claimed that a branch of the Gulf Stream reached as far north as the Queen Victoria Sea.
context_section_description: The Queen Victoria Sea (Russian: Море королевы Виктории, Morye Korolevy Viktorii) is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from northeast of Svalbard to northwest Franz Josef Land. It is obstructed by ice most of the year.
  This sea is named after Queen Victoria. Russian Arctic explorer Valentin Akkuratov claimed that a branch of the Gulf Stream reached as far north as the Queen Victoria Sea.
caption: The Queen Victoria Sea in an 1898 Franz Josef Land map showing the explorations of Frederick G. Jackson
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