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Barents

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[bar-uhnts, bahr-, bah-ruhnts] / ˈbær ənts, ˈbɑr-, ˈbɑ rənts /

noun

  1. Willem died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.


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A Norwegian Climate Foundation report, entitled "The Barents Sea at Stake", also highlighted security challenges.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Moscow has also announced that it would be conducting missile tests near the Norwegian waters of the Barents Sea, as it has done during previous exercises.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Russia has a history of training marine mammals such as dolphins for military purposes, and the Barents Observer website has identified whale pens near naval bases in the north-west area of Murmansk.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024

Visiting locals from the Russian border town of Nikel faced the diplomat while residents from Kirkenes silently turned their back to him, according to the online outlet the Barents Observer.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Near midnight on the night of September 30, 1962, four Soviet submarine commanders walked through thick fog along a wooden pier on Sayda Bay, an inlet of the Barents Sea.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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