Vil'kitskii, BA (English spelling) VilkitskiiBA

Japanese: Vil'kitskii，B.A.（英語表記）VilkitskiiBA

...The surface of the land not covered by glaciers is polar tundra or bare earth, and is home to about 50 species of flowering plants, lemurs, wild reindeer on the southern islands, and numerous water birds that nest and hatch in summer. The islands were explored by the Russian explorer BAVil'kitskii (1885-1961), but in 1930-32 an expedition led by GAUshakov (1901-63) explored them in detail, named Severnaya Zemlya, and marked them on a map. [Kazuo Watanabe]...

From the Birykitsky Strait

...Floating ice is often seen in summer. In the summer of 1914, the Russian expedition ship Taimyr opened up this waterway, and it was named in honor of its captain, BAVil'kitskii (1885-1961). [Kazuo Watanabe]...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Vil'kitskii, BA" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…氷河に覆われない地表は極地性ツンドラか裸地で，顕花植物が約50種，タビネズミ，南の島には野生のトナカイがすみ，夏には無数の水鳥が営巣して雛をかえす。諸島はロシアの探検家ビリキツキーB.A.Vil’kitskii(1885‐1961)が探検したが，1930‐32年にウシャコフG.A.Ushakov(1901‐63)指揮の探検隊により精査され，セベルナヤ･ゼムリャと命名され，地図に記載された。【渡辺一夫】。…