Wrangel Island
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The last ones died out on Wrangel Island off Siberia's coast 4,000 years ago.
From Reuters ● Apr. 7, 2023
A mammoth population survived on Wrangel Island, in the East Siberian Sea, and was isolated from human contact until as recently as 1700 BC.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
“By the end, the Wrangel Island mammoths were genetically screwed. Understanding how that happened might help us figure out which species today are most at risk of the same thing happening.”
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 2, 2017
Still, as the Wrangel Island mammoths demonstrate, some species persisted in small numbers for a few thousand years more.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2013
At this rate we shall be on half rations long before we reach Wrangel Island.
From A Man's Woman by Norris, Frank
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