The Rape of Spitsbergen
Abstract The Arctic Ocean is the Least Productive Sea on earth. Cold, deep and sealed with ice that blocks sunlight for six to twelve months of the year, it supports only minimal biological activity. In exceptional locations, however, circumstances allow pockets of productivity to develop, and these...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780192807304.003.0010 2023-12-31T10:03:30+01:00 The Rape of Spitsbergen McGhee, Robert 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192807304.003.0010 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/51979709/isbn-9780912807304-book-part-10.pdf unknown Oxford University PressNew York, NY The Last Imaginary Place page 173-189 ISBN 9780192807304 9781383002928 book-chapter 2006 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192807304.003.0010 2023-12-06T09:05:44Z Abstract The Arctic Ocean is the Least Productive Sea on earth. Cold, deep and sealed with ice that blocks sunlight for six to twelve months of the year, it supports only minimal biological activity. In exceptional locations, however, circumstances allow pockets of productivity to develop, and these dense concentrations of life are the more remarkable for their contrast with the surrounding emptiness. One such concentration lies far to the north of Europe, midway between the northern coast of Norway and the Pole. Book Part Arctic Arctic Ocean Northern coast of Norway Spitsbergen Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 173 189 |
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Abstract The Arctic Ocean is the Least Productive Sea on earth. Cold, deep and sealed with ice that blocks sunlight for six to twelve months of the year, it supports only minimal biological activity. In exceptional locations, however, circumstances allow pockets of productivity to develop, and these dense concentrations of life are the more remarkable for their contrast with the surrounding emptiness. One such concentration lies far to the north of Europe, midway between the northern coast of Norway and the Pole. |
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