Russia's navy said Tuesday it had discovered five new islands revealed by melting glaciers in the remote Arctic.
An expedition in August and September charted the islands, which have yet to be named and were previously hidden under glaciers, said the head of the northern fleet, Vice Admiral Alexander Moiseyev.
"Mainly this is of course caused by changes to the ice situation," Moiseyev, who headed the expedition, said at a press conference in Moscow.
"Before these were glaciers; we thought they were (part of) the main glacier."
"Melting, collapse and temperature changes led to these islands being uncovered."
"We were very lucky because we could land on islands where not every year the shore and the inshore water is free of ice."
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