🔬 Ernst Krenkel Observatory

Ernst Krenkel Observatory, also known as Kheysa, is a research station, a former Soviet rocket launching site and current meteorological station located on Heiss Island, Franz Josef Land. It is named after a famous Arctic explorer Ernst Krenkel, a member of the crew of the North Pole-1 drift ice station and other notable Soviet polar expeditions. It is the northernmost meteorological station in Russia.