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
In recent years, U.S. and Russian scientists converged on Wrangel Island, where as many as 1000 of the animals spend part of the summer.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 4, 2022
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
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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