Report on the Fulmarus Glacialis-Expedition Bear Island
Bear Island, in Norwegian called and in Dutch \xe2\x80\x98Bereneiland\xe2\x80\x99, is situated in the Barents Sea at 74\xc2\xb025\' N and 19\xc2\xb000\' E. The island is rather isolated: about 450 km to the south the most nearby land is the Norwegian Nordkapp and to the north about 230 km...
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ftnaturalis:oai:repository.naturalis.nl:506027 2024-02-11T10:01:21+01:00 Report on the Fulmarus Glacialis-Expedition Bear Island Franeker, J.A. van Luttik, R. 1981-01-01 application/pdf https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506027 unknown https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506027 Verslagen en Technische Gegevens vol. 32 no. 1, pp. 1-21 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1981 ftnaturalis 2024-01-17T23:25:27Z Bear Island, in Norwegian called and in Dutch \xe2\x80\x98Bereneiland\xe2\x80\x99, is situated in the Barents Sea at 74\xc2\xb025\' N and 19\xc2\xb000\' E. The island is rather isolated: about 450 km to the south the most nearby land is the Norwegian Nordkapp and to the north about 230 km of sea must be crossed before reaching the the most southern point of Spitsbergen.\nBj\xc3\xb8rn\xc3\xb8ya belongs geographically to Svalbard (meaning \xe2\x80\x9cCold Coast\xe2\x80\x9d), the group of islands in the Arctic Ocean under Norwegian sovereignity. The most important and best known island of this group is Spitsbergen. The name of the island was established in 1596 when two Dutch sailingvessels discovered the island during an attempt to find a passage east to China along the north. Gerrit de Veer was writer on board of one of these ships of which the captain was Jacob Heemskerck and the navigator Willem Barentsz. De Veer accurately described the killing of a \xe2\x80\x9cwhite bear\xe2\x80\x9d near the island and tells that they consequently named the island \xe2\x80\x9cBeyren Eylandt\xe2\x80\x9d. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Bear Island Fulmarus glacialis Nordkapp Svalbard Spitsbergen Naturalis Institutional Repository Arctic Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Bear Island ENVELOPE(-67.250,-67.250,-68.151,-68.151) Southern Point ENVELOPE(-55.748,-55.748,52.633,52.633) Svalbard |
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Bear Island, in Norwegian called and in Dutch \xe2\x80\x98Bereneiland\xe2\x80\x99, is situated in the Barents Sea at 74\xc2\xb025\' N and 19\xc2\xb000\' E. The island is rather isolated: about 450 km to the south the most nearby land is the Norwegian Nordkapp and to the north about 230 km of sea must be crossed before reaching the the most southern point of Spitsbergen.\nBj\xc3\xb8rn\xc3\xb8ya belongs geographically to Svalbard (meaning \xe2\x80\x9cCold Coast\xe2\x80\x9d), the group of islands in the Arctic Ocean under Norwegian sovereignity. The most important and best known island of this group is Spitsbergen. The name of the island was established in 1596 when two Dutch sailingvessels discovered the island during an attempt to find a passage east to China along the north. Gerrit de Veer was writer on board of one of these ships of which the captain was Jacob Heemskerck and the navigator Willem Barentsz. De Veer accurately described the killing of a \xe2\x80\x9cwhite bear\xe2\x80\x9d near the island and tells that they consequently named the island \xe2\x80\x9cBeyren Eylandt\xe2\x80\x9d. |
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Franeker, J.A. van Luttik, R. Report on the Fulmarus Glacialis-Expedition Bear Island |
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Franeker, J.A. van Luttik, R. |
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Franeker, J.A. van |
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Report on the Fulmarus Glacialis-Expedition Bear Island |
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Report on the Fulmarus Glacialis-Expedition Bear Island |
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Report on the Fulmarus Glacialis-Expedition Bear Island |
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Report on the Fulmarus Glacialis-Expedition Bear Island |
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Report on the Fulmarus Glacialis-Expedition Bear Island |
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report on the fulmarus glacialis-expedition bear island |
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1981 |
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ENVELOPE(-67.250,-67.250,-68.151,-68.151) ENVELOPE(-55.748,-55.748,52.633,52.633) |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Bear Island Southern Point Svalbard |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Bear Island Southern Point Svalbard |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Bear Island Fulmarus glacialis Nordkapp Svalbard Spitsbergen |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Bear Island Fulmarus glacialis Nordkapp Svalbard Spitsbergen |
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Verslagen en Technische Gegevens vol. 32 no. 1, pp. 1-21 |
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