The Arctic Convoys and the Kara Expeditions (news from the British Center)

Annotation

In her article the author comments on two important events connected with the exploration of the Arctic and the significant role it played during the WW2. Valentina Golysheva gives a retrospective view of “Dervish-75”, International Forum in NArFU and the “Kara Expedition” conference in Salekhard held in autumn of 2016.

About authors

Valentina G. Golysheva: Cand. Sci. (Philol.), Associate Professor and senior lecturer of the English Department, Higher School of socio-humanitarian sciences and international communications, Director of the British Center. Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Arkhangelsk, Russia.

Keywords

Dervish-75, fraternity of the Russian Convoys, convoy, Kara expeditions, visit of Princess Anne, loss of Convoy BD-5, patriotic education

DOI

10.17238/issn2221-2698.2017.26.151

UDC

338.48