Wrangel Island
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Polar bears gather on Wrangel Island in ever-increasing numbers, possibly driven ashore by the loss of sea ice, say researchers.
From Reuters • Dec. 11, 2019
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
The Wrangel Island mammoths provide a rare opportunity to see that theory play out in a real population, Rogers says.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 2, 2017
Hunkered down on their final holdout, Siberia’s Wrangel Island, the shaggy herbivores died out as rising seas shrank their refuge and warm weather baked their cool grasslands.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2013
I then attempted a southerly march to Wrangel Island, but found such a course impracticable on account of northerly drift of ice.
From A Man's Woman by Norris, Frank
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