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A British yachtsman visiting
Peschany Island in 2007 commented on the weather and on the desolation of the place: "I have been anchored off Ostrov Peschany for a week now and during that time have had to move position eight times. There is, as a rule of thumb, a gale per day lasting between 8 and 12
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Peschany Island's vicinity. The climate is marked by severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and low temperatures even in the short summer season which lasts barely two months.
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which is broken in its eastern and southeastern side forming three smaller islands. The curved spit encloses a shallow lagoon, making
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