Barents

[ bar-uhnts, bahr-; Dutch bah-ruhnts ]

noun

1. Wil·lem [wil, -, uh, m], died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.

Example Sentences

“The location of the beluga whales very close to the submarines and the surface vessels might tell us that they are actually part of a guarding system,” says Thomas Nilsen, from Norwegian online newspaper The Barents Observer.

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Russia has a history of training marine mammals such as dolphins for military purposes, and the Barents Observer website has identified whale pens near naval bases in the north-west area of Murmansk.

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One Whale had called for him to be transferred to the Barents Sea in northern Norway - a more natural habitat for belugas - which would reduce the risk of ship collisions.

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Russia has a history of training marine mammals such as dolphins for military purposes and the Barents Observer website has identified whale pens near naval bases in the north-west area of Murmansk.

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In 2000, I reported on the sinking of the Kursk submarine in the icy waters of the Barents Sea.

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