“Russian Arctic” has completed a series of books on the exploration history of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya archipelagoes

The article presents a brief overview of a series of books prepared in 2012-2017 by the Deputy Director of the National Park “Russian Arctic”, Cand. Sci. (Geogr.) Victor Kuznetsov and Honored artist of the Russian Federa-tion Alexey Grigoriev. The series is devoted to the exploration history of the National Park’s area located in the Arkhangelsk Oblast - the Arctic archipelagoes of Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land. The article em-phasizes the special importance of the illustrated edition, chosen by the co-authors, which allowed them to achieve a goal: an interesting combination of artistic approach and historical content makes the V.S. Kuz-netsov’s books accessible to the public reader. The article provides a summary of all five books of the series: “The history of three “capitals” of the Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land” (2012), “Gravity of the Earth” (2013), “From the balloon to the Polar aviation” (2014), “Secrets of the life in the ice” (2015), “A sea route to the Arctic” (2017).