(CNN) The Russian Navy has discovered five new islands in the Arctic after they were revealed by melting glaciers. The new islands are located near the Vylki glacier off the coast of the remote Novaya Zemlya archipelago, which lies in the Arctic Ocean northwest of the Russian mainland. "Basically, this (discovery) is associated with the melting of ice," said expedition leader Aleksandr Moiseyev on Tuesday, according to state-run news agency TASS . "Previously these were glaciers, but the melting of ice led to the islands emerging." Moiseyev added that since the islands have been charted, the findings will now be officially recorded and the islands will be named.

Source: CNN October 23, 2019 08:26 UTC