Ogygia to build a small raft, gave him food and wine, and let him depart the island. The "Odyssey" describes Ogygia as follows: Ogygia or Phaeacia have been associated with the putative sunken Atlantis. A long-standing tradition begun by Euhemerus in the late 4th century BC and supported by Callimachus, endorsed by modern Maltese tradition, identifies Ogygia with the island of Gozo, the second largest island in the Maltese archipelago. Aeschylus calls the Nile Ogygian, and Eustathius the Byzantine grammarian said that Ogygia was the earliest name for Egypt, while other locations for Ogygia include the Ionian Sea. Many modern scholars
Nordenskiöld Archipelago On 25 August 1942, during Operation Wunderland, Kriegsmarine cruiser "Admiral Scheer" fell upon the Russian icebreaker "Sibiryakov" (under the command of Captain Kacharev) off the northwest coast of Russky Island at the northern end of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago. The "Sibiryakov" resisted but was sunk by the German warship. Then "Admiral Scheer" headed southwest in order to attack the Soviet military installations at Dikson. Since May 1993 the Nordenskiöld Archipelago is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia. The Arctic station at Russky Island was closed in 1999. Nordenskiöld Archipelago The Nordenskiöld Archipelago or