The Arctic Floating University expedition returned to Murmansk after exploring the northeast of the Barents Sea, the north of Novaya Zemlya, and the Franz Josef Land's islands. During the voyage, we made record-breaking four missions ashore the Franz Josef Land Archipelago. Who lives on the seabedIt was for the first time that the Arctic Floating University expedition's scientists monitored conditions of the Barents Sea's bottom communities. They explored nesting grounds at Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land, where they observed 22 bird species. The expedition organizers are: the Lomonosov Northern Arctic Federal University and the Northern Department for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Sevhydromet).