Spitsbergen
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9.1
- proper noun
- The Spitsbergen stock was reduced from 24,000 to a few "tens" of whales and has not recovered in the past 80 years.
Examples
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The heat carried into the Arctic Basin by the West Spitsbergen Current and the Bering Strait inflow has been documented by oceanographic moorings.
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The Davis Strait stock is believed to follow a counterclockwise migration pattern similar to the Spitsbergen stock (Ross, 1993).
Academic text (1995) -
Then directly to Spitsbergen for a final departure fix.
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The submarines appeared seven minutes ago south of Spitsbergen.
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Information on food habits of the Spitsbergen stock is sparse.
Academic text (1995) -
These whales were said to look and behave differently from the other Spitsbergen whales.
Academic text (1995) -
Interviewed this week after pulling into port at the island of Spitsbergen, she said one of her goals had been to debark on ice floes and measure them, but that it had been difficult to find any large enough to support her weight.
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It may be that some of the Spitsbergen stock overwinter within the pack ice (Moore and Reeves, 1993), in regions inaccessible to unreinforced vessels.
Academic text (1995) -
Whalers described the migration of animals hunted between Greenland and Spitsbergen Island as following a counterclockwise circuit (Southwell, 1898, as summarized in Ross, 1993).
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In the summer, many researchers travel to Spitsbergen to study the unique Arctic wildlife.
Synonyms
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9.4
An island in the Arctic Ocean that is part of Svalbard and belongs to Norway
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spitsbergen comes from old Dutch words spits 'pointed' and bergen 'mountains', and the -berg part is like in iceberg meaning 'mountain'. That's why the island was named for its sharp, pointed peaks.