Spitzbergen

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.

The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)

Svalbard 2008

Svalbardconventional long form: none conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)

Country name 2008

First Hudson sailed north and then east, to the coast of what is now called Spitzbergen, after which he sailed along the shore of Greenland to the north.

A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Clayton Edwards

Martens, in his "Spitzbergen," says, that some of the ship's crew informed him, that the fox when he is hungry "lies down as if he was dead, until the birds fly to him to eat him, which by that trick he catches and eats."

Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. Adam White 1848

Critics have said that with its proposals, Norway hopes to harness the Nordic Countries into securing its own interests in areas such as Spitzbergen, where it has unresolved territorial issues with Russia.

IntelliBriefs 2009

Once, when I was flying from Spitzbergen to Oslo, I looked out the window and saw what I thought was a perfect reflection of the Sun in the clouds beneath

The Glory - The Panda's Thumb 2010

Once, when I was flying from Spitzbergen to Oslo, I looked out the window and saw what I thought was a perfect reflection of the Sun in the clouds beneath which I thought was impossible.

The Glory - The Panda's Thumb 2010

Once, when I was flying from Spitzbergen to Oslo, I looked out the window and saw what I thought was a perfect reflection of the Sun in the clouds beneath

The Glory - The Panda's Thumb 2010

So, if you read or view the confirmation of its facts in the URLs herewith, the Spitzbergen seed-bank and the underground cities that are already constructed at various locations of the earth then achieve a rather different significance.

The Weather Forecast 2010