In 2000 the Russian nuclear sub Kursk sank in this icy arm of the Arctic that's named for a Dutch navigator
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Kursk submarine disaster - Wikipedia  The Kursk submarine disaster that caused the sinking of the Oscar-class submarine (Russian: ... The following year, a Dutch team was contracted by the Russians to raise the hull ... On the morning of 12 August 2000, Kursk was participating in the .... overheard that a submarine was in trouble and then the submarine's name.
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Russia explores old nuclear waste dumps in Arctic - BBC News  Jan 25, 2013 ... Russia's drive for Arctic oil and gas is complicated by the presence of old nuclear ... BBC navigation ... In a statement to the BBC, Exxon Mobil said that before drilling ... With international help Russia did manage to lift the wreck of the Kursk submarine after it sank in the Barents Sea during exercises in 2000.
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The Campaign of The Spanish Armada. - Lib  Mar 11, 2015 ... Making Waves: Michigan's Boat-Building Industry, 1865-2000 .... That Never Sank http://scene-du-balcon.com/lib/titanic-the-ship-that-never-sank. ... Oil and Ice: A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of ... The Shocking True Story of the Sinking of a Russian Nuclear Submarine ... Post navigation.
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Free Flashcards about SEAS OF THE WORLD - StudyStack  IN 2000, THE RUSSIAN NUCLEAR SUB KURSK SANK IN THIS ICY ARM OF THE ARTIC THAT'S NAMED FOR A DUTCH NAVIGATOR, BARENTS SEA.
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RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: B :: Barents Sea  Barents Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean, north of Norway and European Russia, ... Atlantic Drift, so that its ports, including Murmansk and Vardo, are ice-free all year. The sea was named for Willem Barents, the Dutch navigator. ... Sea on August 12, 2000, when the Kursk nuclear-powered submarine sank while on manoeuvres.
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Section Seven: Engravings from Arctic Expeditions | Osher Map ...  In 1906 Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first to navigate the ... and a 45-ton herring boat, the Gja, to deftly navigate the narrow channels of the passage. ... such as the use of dogs to haul sleds (the English were still using sailors to pull ... as they searched for the Northwest Passage or journeyed to the North Pole.
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Free Flashcards about BODIES OF WATER - StudyStack  THE SOUTH ARM OF THIS SEA, NAMED FOR THE ENGLISHMAN WHO EXPLORED IT IN 1841, IS AN ICE SHELF, ROSS SEA. THIS COUNTRY'S LAKE TAAL...
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Northwest Passage | trade route, North America | Britannica.com  Nov 18, 2015 ... Historical sea passage of the North American continent. ... and Dutch explorers vainly sought a comparable passage to the northeast around Russia. ... including Jacques Cartier, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Martin Frobisher, and Capt. ... Sea, including Russia's Northern Sea Route with its vast Siberian oil fields.
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European Exploration - 1606 to 1798 by Caitlyn Diamonds on Prezi  In 1606, dutch explorer, Willem Jansz set sail from Indonesia on the Duyfken ship. ... him, and the Australian people that live near the coastline are now called Torres ... He named his discovery Van Diemen's land. ... On the 29th of June, 1629, the Batavia ship was shipwrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos islands in Western...
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Henry Hudson - Wikipedia  Sir Henry Hudson (died 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th .... In 1609 Hudson was chosen by merchants of the Dutch East India Company in ... In November, however, the ship became trapped in the ice in the James Bay, and the crew moved ashore for the winter. ..... British Arctic Expedition.
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Henry Hudson | English navigator and explorer | Britannica.com  May 19, 2015 ... ... for the Dutch (1609), tried to discover a short route from Europe to Asia. ... Full-scale replica of Henry Hudson's sailing ship Half Moon in New York Harbor, 1909. ... route and seek the Northwest Passage around 40 N. While cruising ... During his survey of the region, Hudson passed within 100 miles (160...
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Exotic Canada: See the northern sights in Manitoba's Arctic tundra ...  Aug 27, 2011 ... ... into the Arctic tundra, straight to the Polar Bear Capital of the World. ... To the west I can see the magnificent Port of Churchill, completed in 1931 to ... and geographically informative ode named for this province, Where the...
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First Kamchatka expedition - Wikipedia  The First Kamchatka expedition was commissioned in December 1724 by Peter I of Russia to ... After wintering in Okhotsk it moved to the mouth of the Kamchatka River on ... 3500 km of the western coast of the sea, which was later named after Bering. ... His lieutenants for the journey were the hardened fellow Dane Martin...
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Aleutian Islands | archipelago, Pacific Ocean | Britannica.com  Dec 18, 2015 ... Chain of small islands that separate the Bering Sea (north) from the main ... feet [2,857 metres]), near the centre of Unimak Islandhave remained active. ... In 1741 the Russians sent the Dane Vitus Bering and the Russian Aleksey ... The oldest and largest permanent settlement is that of Unalaska (Dutch...
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European exploration of Australia - Wikipedia - Busabout  Oct 19, 2016 ... Dutch seafarers visited the west and north coasts of the continent, as did ... coast of Australia and became the first recorded European to explore the eastern coastline. ... the Gulf of Carpentaria, believing the land was still part of New Guinea. .... He named his discovery Van Diemen's Land after Antonio van...
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Vitus Bering | Kingo Jacobsen | Geografisk Tidsskrift - Tidsskrift.dk  Vitus Bering's first Kamchatka Expedition 1725-1730, by order of Czar Peter the Great, proved the separation of Siberia and America. .... Yet it was Bering (1725-1741) who probed the northernmost reaches of the Pacific to discover that ... and the Dane, Jens Munk, had been commissioned to lead an expedition in 1619-20.
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J! Archive - Show #3241, aired 1998-10-12  These mollusks are famous for the tenacity for which they cling to rocks ... Named for Columbus, one of these ice masses stretches for 40 miles near Valdez,...
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PDF catalog - Old World Auctions  Dec 7, 2011 ... bidding at auction, the buyer agrees to be bound by these .... Engraved by Dutch artist Daniel van Bremden. ... (HC) Matthaus Merian's 21 volume history of Europe was published ..... The map includes several tiny ships and sea monsters. ... In the Arctic there are both Northeast and Northwest Passages.
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Abel Janszoon Tasman | Dutch explorer and navigator | Britannica ...  Jun 10, 2016 ... Greatest of the Dutch navigators and explorers, who discovered Tasmania, ... On his first voyage (164243) in the service of the Dutch East... ... with the hypothetical southern continent of the Pacific remained unknown. ... See All Stories ... van Diemen of the Indies commissioned him to explore southward.
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Antarctic Explorers: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen  After the death of James Cook in 1779, the European nations realized little ... In 1819 Czar Alexander I of Russia authorized an expedition to the south ... The following day his log indicates sailing to within 20 miles of the Antarctic ... The next day the land turned out to be an island which Bellingshausen named Peter I Island.
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Explorers from the 1600's - EnchantedLearning.com  Almost a century later (in 1696), the Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh landed on ... navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. The Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay are named for Hudson. ... After his Canadian expeditions, Kelsey returned to his native England and...