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The Barents–Kara Ice Sheet was an ice sheet which existed during the Weichselian Glaciation.It is named after the seas it was centred upon: Barents Sea and Kara Sea.The ice sheet covered the Pechora Sea, the southeastern part of the Barents Sea, Novaya Zemlya and the Kara Sea, likely reaching up to Svalbard and Franz Joseph Land in the north.
The Kara Sea [a] is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. Ultimately the Kara, Barents and Laptev Seas are all extensions of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia .
The Barents Sea (/ ˈ b ær ə n t s / BARR-ənts, also US: / ˈ b ɑːr ə n t s / BAR-ənts; [1] Norwegian: Barentshavet, Urban East Norwegian: [ˈbɑ̀ːrəntsˌhɑːvə]; [2] Russian: Баренцево море, romanized: Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, [3] located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial ...
Willem Barentsz (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈbaːrənts]; c. 1550 – 20 June 1597), anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer. Barentsz went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage .
Usually the strait is covered with ice for most of the year, but in warm years, with the strong influence of the warm Gulf Stream, it can be ice-free for most of the winter. To the west of the Kara Gate is the southeastern part of the Pechora Sea , which freezes in winter when the influence of Atlantic cyclones and warm currents in the Barents ...
Longtime MSNBC host Rachel Maddow sounded off during a Monday night broadcast of “The Rachel Maddow Show” on the network’s major line-up changes, which saw the exit of anchor Joy Reid.
On Sunday, Jan. 5, the ice hockey team hosted their annual Teddy Bear Toss, which saw 100,000 bears flying onto the ice rink, breaking their previous world record of 74,599 last year.
Two-thirds of the Arctic seas remain ice-free in summer, which is why ships have more route options. In August 2017, the first ship traversed the Northern Sea Route without the use of icebreakers. [17] According to the New York Times, this foreshadows more shipping through the Arctic, as the sea ice melts and makes shipping easier. [17]