The Island of Frozen Seas [SEP] series
The Island of Frozen Seas
The Island of Frozen Seas is the second album of Thorgal, a European comic book series, written by a Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński. It was first published in 1980 by Le Lombard under the title "L'lle des Mers Gelees". It continues the story characters of Thorgal Aegirsson, Aaricia, Gandalf the Mad, and Slivia.
Summary.
The story opens with a pre-wedding ceremony held for Thorgal and Aaricia. Although Gandalf the Mad
his ship, the Imperial Russian Navy sloop-of-war "Vostok".
The American schooner "Pacific" under Captain James Brown landed at Zavodovski Island in 1830. The island was surveyed in 1930 by Discovery Investigations (DI) personnel. 
The island's penguin colony was featured in the "Frozen Seas" episode of the 2001 BBC nature documentary series "The Blue Planet." It was subsequently featured in the "Islands" episode of the 2016 follow-up documentary "Planet Earth II".