Kara Sea

American  

[kahr-uh, kah-ruh] / ˈkɑr ə, ˈkɑ rə /

noun

1. an arm of the Arctic Ocean between Novaya Zemlya and the N Russian Federation.

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Kara Sea British  

/ ˈkɑːrə /

noun

1. a shallow arm of the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of Russia: ice-free for about three months of the year

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Kara Sea

In 2013, Tillerson won an award from the Russian government called the “Order of Friendship” after signing deals with Rosneft that began a drilling program in the Arctic’s Kara Sea.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2017

Tillerson’s award followed a 2011 deal between ExxonMobil and Rosneft to explore the Kara Sea, in Russia’s Arctic.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2016

In April, however, Rosneft announced it would resume drilling in the Kara Sea in 2016.

From Scientific American ● May 20, 2015

In December, as a result of Western sanctions, the two companies terminated contracts for five service vessels that were to begin operating in the Kara Sea, after ExxonMobil made a billion-barrel discovery last September.

From Time ● Mar. 4, 2015

Hence he sailed into the Kara Sea, where at first he fell in with ice.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882