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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

In January, the government proposed opening 70 new blocs to prospecting, more than half of them in the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea.

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

In 2000, I reported on the sinking of the Kursk submarine in the icy waters of the Barents Sea.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2024

On October 30, 1961, a Soviet long-range bomber flew to 34,000 feet and released Big Ivan over an island in the Barents Sea.

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

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