Spitsbergen
Americannoun
noun
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The fossil evidence from Spitsbergen now challenges that assumption.
From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025
"This picture was taken in Spitsbergen during a very cold winter. The white grouse is coming towards me and looks like a snowball with eyes."
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023
Fossils dating to about 250 million years ago unearthed in a harsh and remote locale - Norway's Arctic island of Spitsbergen - are now providing surprising insight into the rise of ichthyosaurs.
From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2023
Our closest encounter was in Spitsbergen, Norway and we had been told that there would be a polar bear behind every rock.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2021
This land-connection is supposed to have lain far north between Scandinavia, Spitsbergen, and Greenland, and must have persisted until towards the end of the Glacial period.
From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis
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