the barents sea
91Open Polar Sea — Silas Bent s 1872 map of the supposed Open Polar Sea. The Open Polar Sea was a hypothesized ice free ocean surrounding the North Pole. This unproven (and eventually, demonstrated false) theory was once so widely believed that many exploring… …
92Norwegian Sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, N and E of Iceland and between Greenland and Norway. * * * Open sea, Northern Hemisphere. It is bordered by Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen, and Norway. A submarine ridge linking Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands,… …
93Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature — Norges Naturvernforbund Type NGO Industry Environmental organization Founded …
94White Sea — or Russian Beloye More geographical name inlet of Barents Sea NW Russia in Europe enclosed on the N by Kola Peninsula …
95Willem Barents — Retrato de Willem Barents Nacimiento …
96Whaling in the Netherlands — was a centuries long tradition.The history of Dutch whaling begins with 17th century exploration of Arctic fishing grounds; and the profitability of whaling in the 18th century drove further growth. Increased competition and political upheavals… …
97List of Russian explorers — The Russian Empire at its peak in 1866, including the spheres of influence; this territorial expansion largely corresponds to the extent of contiguous exploration by Russians. This is a list of explorers from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union …
98Norway–Russia border — The border between Russia and Norway, formerly the border between the Soviet Union and the NATO member state (from 1949) Norway, consists of a 196 kilometres (122 mi) long land borderline, from the Finnish border to the coastline at Grense… …
99Shtokman field — The Shtokman field (also Stockman field ; ru. Штокмановское месторождение), one of the world s largest natural gas fields, lies in the central part of Russian sector of the Barents Sea, convert|600|km|mi| 1 north of Kola Peninsula. Its reserves… …
100Norwegian Current — The Norwegian Current (also known as the Norwegian Coastal Current) is a water current that flows north easterly along the Atlantic coast of Norway at depths of between 50 and 100 meters. It contrasts with the North Atlantic Current because it is …
