And to think that I didn't bother to "tick" the voles when I was in Spitzbergen, since I "knew" they were ordinary arvalis and introduced. From Wordnik.com. [The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking] Reference
Svalbardconventional long form: none conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen). From Wordnik.com. [Country name] Reference
GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen). From Wordnik.com. [Svalbard] Reference
Would it touch at Spitzbergen, or on the shores of. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea] Reference
Scoresby139 has observed the same fact in Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
She carried fourteen men, and was destined for Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Spitzbergen in the ship Jonas in the Whale, Peter Peterson of. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
Spitzbergen, directly opposite to the residence of the mariners. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Land, where they spent the winter, and then started for Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Spitzbergen, leaving seven men behind, who had agreed to winter there. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
They arrived off the coast of Spitzbergen about the middle of May 1827. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
After leaving the Gulf of Florida, we went in the direction of Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea] Reference
We have had ice ages and warmer periods when alligators were found in Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [A case against climate alarmism...] Reference
Spitzbergen on the same day, which the people made an unsuccessful attempt to catch. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Spectral distribution of global and diffuse solar radiation at Ny Alesund, Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [Long-term change and variability in surface UV irradiance in the Arctic] Reference
Ice floats about us now, and here is a whale blowing; a whale, too, very near Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [The North-West Passage] Reference
My constitution is so case-hardened that I believe I could live all the year at Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves] Reference
In Europe not a doubt was thrown on this observation of the stations in Finmark and Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [Robur the Conqueror] Reference
Its closest affinities are in oceanic climates such as Iceland, Northern Scotland, and Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [South Avalon-Burin oceanic barrens] Reference
This balloon, with necessary accessories, was shipped to Danes Island, one of the Spitzbergen group. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
He never landed on the coast of Spitzbergen: so we have no further account of this Arctic discovery. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
We have met with Bruce before: first in the Balæna in 1892, and afterwards with Mr. Andrew Coats in Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The History of the South Pole] Reference
The fiords and islets of west Greenland, the ice-floes and glaciers of Spitzbergen, the tidal phenomena of Hudson's. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Captain Buchan, commanding the Trent and the Dorothy was directed to attempt a passage between Spitzbergen and Nova. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
This is a tidbit for the expert photographer from Spitzbergen, where he has also succeeded in taking some unique pictures. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
To the east there was only one in the 80th degree of north latitude, the Esk in Jan Mayen Island, not far from Spitzbergen!. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Interior of the Earth] Reference
Spitzbergen is sometimes called No Man's Land, since Norway and Sweden have not been able to agree in regard to its possession. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Ice Fiord at Spitzbergen under the midnight sun, when Alfred Shaw captured forty wickets in less than three-quarters of an hour. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
These are Greenland, Iceland, Spitzbergen, the most northerly parts of Norway and Sweden, and the extreme north cape of Siberia. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria] Reference
He did his best to carry out his instructions and, sailing along the northern shore of Spitzbergen, reached latitude 81° 30 'north. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
The intense cold of the climate prevents the growth of vegetables, and no species of tree or shrub is found on the islands of Spitzbergen. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
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