Skyfall

Russian 9M730 Burevestnik Cruise Missile Launch

Life imitates James Bond:

Significant activity on Russia's Novaya Zemlya archipelago indicates an impending test of the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, known as Skyfall by NATO. - OilPrice

Skyfall was the title of a 2012 James Bond movie. But where is this Novaya Zemlya archipelago? In the arctic ocean, that's where:

Novaya Zemlya Archipelago

Google Maps doesn't show lines of latitude or longitude. I adjusted the view so that the line of longitude that runs through our target is vertical, i.e. the North Pole is directly above Novaya Zemlya at some unknown distance. Looking around, I found a couple other maps of the arctic that do have some better information.

Map of the Arctic showing the July Isotherm line (orange), the Arctic tree line (green) and the Arctic circle (red). Novaya Zemlya is at the top of the Arctic Ocean in this map.

The Isotherm line indicates that the temperature is roughly the same all along the line at that time, in this case July.

Map originally published by Tufts University showing territorial division in the Arctic. Novaya Zemlya is in the lower right quadrant of the Arctic Ocean in this map.

The Russian Ministry of Defense’s newest military base: the Arctic Shamrock, on the large island of Alexandra Land.

Russia isn't messing around when they set up operations in the Arctic. I didn't see any like this on Novaya Zemlya, but there is an airbase on the southern end. There is also small town with a hospital and a church about 75 miles southeast of there. Alexandra Land is roughly 400 miles northwest of Novaya Zemlya.