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3 unusual facts about Barents sea


Languages of Svalbard

Russian is used in the Russian settlements, but formerly, Russenorsk was the lingua franca of the entire Barents Sea region.

Polar 8 Project

The Arctic Patrol Ship Project is based on a Royal Norwegian Navy patrol boat design used in the Barents Sea with a polar class of PC 5; thus they will be significantly smaller and less capable than what was envisioned in the Polar 8 Project, which would have extended the lacking capabilities of the Canadian Coast Guard's operations in the Arctic Ocean.

Travel Is Dangerous

It is speculated that this song is about the sinking of the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000.


1982 in Norway

11 March – Widerøe Flight 933 crashed into the Barents Sea near Mehamn, killing all 15 on board; this accident remains highly controversial in Norway.

Alexander Alexeyevich Borisov

In 1896, Borisov travelled to the coasts of the White sea and the Barents sea, and then joined a scientific expedition to visit Novaya Zemlya.

Kong Karls Land

The sub-population of Polar bears found here is a genetically distinct set of Polar Bears specifically associated with the Barents Sea region.

Lake Komi

Lake Komi was a prehistoric periglacial lake formed in the region of the present-day Russian Komi Republic when the Barents Sea outlet of the Pechora River was blocked by ice during the Weichselian Glaciation.

Naryan-Mar Airport

It is a mixed civilian-military field, and is the only major facility airfield on the Barents Sea coast between Arkhangelsk and Novaya Zemlya.

René Guilbaud

Guilbaud disappeared in the Barents Sea in June 1928, while piloting a Latham 47 flying boat in which Roald Amundsen was travelling to join the search the survivors of the crash of the airship Italia.

Vidyayevo

Uritsa was renamed Vidyayevo in 1964 in honor of the World War II submarine commander Fyodor Vidyayev who perished in the Barents Sea in course of the military mission of the submarine SHCH-402 under his command.


see also

Beloye More

Beloye More, Russian name for the White Sea, an inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia

Submarine incident off Kola Peninsula

Clinton’s statement caused concern in the US Navy, but after a briefing for top officials, among them the new national security adviser, Anthony Lake, the submarine force got the green light to continue its activities in the Barents Sea, although at a greatly reduced pace.