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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An archipelago of northern-central Russia in the Arctic Ocean north of the Taymyr Peninsula. Discovered in 1913, the group comprises three major islands and several smaller ones.
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- proper noun An
archipelago in theArctic Ocean in the north ofRussia , offTaymyr Peninsula .
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In terms of volume and area, the largest feature is the Greenland Ice Sheet, which covers about four times the combined area of the glaciers and ice caps of Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, Iceland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, Severnaya Zemlya, and northern Scandinavia (Table 6.7).
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There's still quite a bit of loose ice around Severnaya Zemlya.
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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During September, the month of minimum sea-ice extent in the Arctic Ocean, the models consistently project sea ice in the vicinity of Severnaya Zemlya during each of the ACIA time slices.
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Of significance for the Northern Sea Route, the only pack ice reaching the Russian Arctic coast is along the northern tip of Severnaya Zemlya; the sea ice in this image has also retreated record distances in the Beaufort, Chukchi, and East Siberian Seas.
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For ships to travel north of Severnaya Zemlya, highly capable, more expensive icebreaking ships would be necessary.
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We were trying to ski from this group of islands up here, Severnaya Zemlya, to the North Pole.
Ben Saunders skis to the North Pole Ben Saunders 2005
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We were trying to ski from this group of islands up here, Severnaya Zemlya, to the North Pole.
Ben Saunders skis to the North Pole Ben Saunders 2005
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We were trying to ski from this group of islands up here, Severnaya Zemlya, to the North Pole.
Ben Saunders skis to the North Pole Ben Saunders 2005
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Severnaya Zemlya (island Russia 79 30 N 98 00 E group; also Northland)
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Severnaya Zemlya (island Russia 79 30 N 98 00 E group; also Northland)
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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