Barents Sea

American  

noun

1. a part of the Arctic Ocean between NE Europe and the islands of Spitzbergen, Franz Josef Land, and Novaya Zemlya.

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Barents Sea British  

/ ˈbærənts /

noun

1. a part of the Arctic Ocean, bounded by Norway, Russia, and the islands of Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land

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Etymology

Origin of Barents Sea

named after Willem Barents (1550–97) Dutch navigator and explorer

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Barents Sea

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

The National Federation of Fish Friers says reductions in cod in the Barents Sea have left shortfalls in the supply chain, but hopes consumers will be adventurous and give other fish varieties a try.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

His first domestic challenge came in 2000, when the nuclear submarine Kursk sunk in an accident in the Barents Sea, with the loss of all 118 crew.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024

Twenty years before the crash of KAL 801, a Korean Air Boeing 707 wandered into Russian airspace and was shot down by a Soviet military jet over the Barents Sea.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell