Spitsbergen
Americannoun
noun
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Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago, is internationally known for its exceptionally preserved marine fossils from the early Age of Dinosaurs.
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
Norway, Scotland, British Columbia and Alaska, Patagonia and Chile, and even Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya, whose west coasts are far more indented than their east ones.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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