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Barents

Proper noun

Meaning

Barents Sea

The regions of Norway and Russia that border the Barents Sea.

Willem Barents

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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A number of the long hull Sturgeon-class SSNs, including Parche, L. Mendel Rivers, and Richard B. Russell were involved in top-secret reconnaissance missions, including cable tap operations in the Barents and Okhotsk seas. Source: Internet

Between 1615 and 1820, the waters between Jan Mayen, Svalbard, Bear Island, and Greenland, between the Norwegian, Greenland, and Barents Seas, were the most productive whaling area in the world. Source: Internet

By summer, the young cod reach the Barents Sea, where they stay for the rest of their lives, until their spawning migration. Source: Internet

Fishing Honningsvåg is the most northerly fishing village in Norway The Barents Sea contains the world largest remaining cod population, citation as well as an important stocks of haddock and capelin. Source: Internet

However, there are problems with the system and the effects of fishing on the Barents Sea ecosystem are not completely accurate. Source: Internet

In February 1943 all the work on carriers was halted because of the German failure during the Battle of the Barents Sea which convinced Hitler that big warships were useless. Source: Internet

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