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West Spitsbergen
West Spitsbergen island: see Spitsbergen , Norway.
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MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS UNDER THE 20th CENTURY CLIMATE WARMING IN CENTRAL NORDENSKIÖLDLAND, SPITSBERGEN
Magazine article from: Ekológia; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...warming in central Nordenskildland, Spitsbergen. Ekolgia (Bratislava), Vol. 23...main external factor increasing the Spitsbergen landscape dynamics. The northern slope...partly unglaciated one. Introduction The Spitsbergen landscape has undergone intensive transformation...
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Magneto-biostratigraphy of the Middle to Upper Triassic transition, central Spitsbergen, arctic Norway
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Group), from two sections in central Spitsbergen (Svalbard archipelago). Thermal and...Ladinian-Carnian boundary in central Spitsbergen, so reverse magnetozones, identified...unconformity, not previously recognized on Spitsbergen. The transition from the Mid- to the...
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Norway will not produce oil and gas at Spitsbergen - Foreign Minister.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 11/14/2007; 674 words
; ...Norway will not produce oil and gas at Spitsbergen - Foreign Minister OSLO. Nov. 14...starting oil and gas production in the Spitsbergen Archipelago, Norwegian Foreign Minister...expects Russia to step up its presence in Spitsbergen. "We know, for example, that there...
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Norway's actions against Russian fishermen in Spitsbergen unlawful - Russian fishing authority.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 7/9/2008; 700+ words
; ...actions against Russian fishermen in Spitsbergen unlawful - Russian fishing authority...presence of Russian fishermen near the Spitsbergen island. "Norway has been prohibiting Russian vessels to fish near Spitsbergen, which is unlawful from the point...
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Russia to inform Norway of plans to diversify activity on Spitsbergen.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 3/28/2006; 412 words
; ...Norway of plans to diversify activity on Spitsbergen MOSCOW. March 28 (Interfax) - During...announce plans to diversify its activity on Spitsbergen, a source in the Russian government...at the moment Russia's activity on Spitsbergen, which is carried out under international...
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NASA considers Spitsbergen for Mars mission training and tests.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 7/7/2003; 557 words
; ...REPORT-7 July 2003-NASA considers Spitsbergen for Mars mission training and tests...authority, is reportedly evaluating Spitsbergen, an area that belongs to Norway, as...a Mars mission. According to NASA, Spitsbergen has many similarities to Mars and an...
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Polar bear predatory behaviour toward molting barnacle geese and nesting glaucous gulls on Spitsbergen.
Magazine article from: Arctic; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...coastal bay in Hornsund, southwest Spitsbergen. Before chasing the geese, the polar...hyperboreus, predation, Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen RESUME. Un ours polaire (Ursus maritimus...de Hornsund, dans le sud-ouest de Spitsbergen. Avant d'avoir chasse les bernaches...
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Russia chartering ships to protect its fishermen near Spitsbergen (Part 2).
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 3/27/2008; 601 words
; ...ships to protect its fishermen near Spitsbergen (Part 2) MOSCOW. March 27 (Interfax...to its fishing vessels on duty near Spitsbergen, head of the State Fishery Committee...to protect our fishing trawlers near Spitsbergen," he said. Protection will be provided...
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Scottish explorer planned to annex Spitsbergen, according to biography.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 3/14/2003; 561 words
; ...Scottish explorer planned to annex Spitsbergen, according to biography(C)1994...Scottish polar explorer hoped to annex the Spitsbergen archipelago in the Norwegian Sea. The...invest GBP150,000 in his Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate from 1909, according to The...
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YOUNG QUATERNARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERNMOST SPITSBERGEN LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE
Magazine article from: Ekológia; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Quaternary development of the southernmost Spitsbergen landscape structure. Ekolgia (Bratislava...individual terrain units in the southernmost Spitsbergen, outside the extent of glaciers and...afterwards. Introduction The southernmost Spitsbergen (Fig. 1), separated from the rest...
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Spitsbergen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Spitsbergen , formerly Vestspitsbergen, largest...including Isfjorden and Kongsfjorden. Spitsbergen contains the chief mining towns of Svalbard...for the world's seed banks, is on Spitsbergen outside Longyearbyen. The island served...
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West Spitsbergen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
West Spitsbergen island: see Spitsbergen , Norway.
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Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld, Baron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...geologist on several expeditions to Spitsbergen under Otto Torrell, the noted Swedish...expeditions in the course of which he mapped Spitsbergen, reached (1868) lat. 81°...the inland ice of Greenland, and at Spitsbergen (1872-73) gathered extensive zoological...
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Willem Barents
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Arctic explorer, having discovered Spitsbergen and the Barents Sea. Willem Barents...Island, south of the then-unknown Spitsbergen; they so named the island because of...the Dutch ships came on June 17 to Spitsbergen, uninhabited islands. During the rest...
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Svalbard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The main islands of the group are Spitsbergen (formerly Vestspitsbergen), Nordaustlandet...of which Isfjorden is the largest. Spitsbergen, the largest island, contains the...lesund , Barentsburg , and Grumantbyen. Spitsbergen has served as the base for many polar...
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