The Arctic 97 years ago today: Wrangel Island Fiasco (31 Oct 1921) https://buff.ly/2SxORXJ While Soviet Russia faced off against the Japanese in the Far East, the Canadian explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson led an expedition to attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island for Canada and the British Empire. Stefansson’s settlement lasted a little over a year before being replaced by an American effort, which was in turn dislodged when the Soviets reasserted their claim to the island in 1924. #arctic #history #welovemaps #map #1920s #1921 #canadianhistory #fareasternrepublic #russiancivilwar #japaneseempire #kamchatka #leagueofnations #siberianintervention #sovietunion #ussr #october #october31 #okhotsk #russianempire #russianhistory #sakhalin #wrangelisland #yakutia #sovietrussia #britishempire #arcticexploration #maps #historybuff #historygeek #todayinhistory (at Wrangel Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bplw2XhgbKr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w3xep0evhwp0