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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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Even so, seasonal changes in the Mediterranean, Red, North, Baltic, and Barents seas each make smaller contributions to the movement of Earth's center.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Stressing that the EU and Britain now buy "all the oil and gas" that Norway produces in the Barents Sea, Aasland argued that "prices would have been much higher" without these resources.

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

One Whale had called for him to be transferred to the Barents Sea in northern Norway - a more natural habitat for belugas - which would reduce the risk of ship collisions.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024

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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