Spitsbergen

American

[spits-bur-guhn] / ˈspɪtsˌbɜr gən /

Or Spitzbergen

noun

a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).

Spitsbergen British

/ ˈspɪtsˌbɜːɡən /

noun

another name for Svalbard

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Scientists have uncovered more than 30,000 fossilized teeth, bones, and other remains on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen.

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

"Only now we will have to start looking in even older rocks, which is exactly what we will be doing on our next fossil-hunting trip to Spitsbergen this summer."

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

Forced to winter in Spitsbergen, after terrible sufferings, Heemskerk returned home in the autumn of 1597 with the remnant of his crews.

From History of Holland by George Edmundson

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