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White Sea

Gulf of the Arctic Ocean on the northwest coast of Russia, on which the port of Arkhangelsk stands; area 90,000 sq km/34,750 sq mi; average depth 60 m/200 ft, maximum depth 330 m/1,082 ft. There is a warship construction base, including nuclear submarines, at Severodvinsk. The North Dvina, Mezen, and Onega rivers flow into it, and there are canal links with the Baltic, Black, and Caspian seas. In winter the bays are often ice-bound, with drifting ice offshore.



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Or perhaps the summer fog was more general, and the meadows lay like a white sea, out of which the scattered trees rose like dangerous rocks.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
The sun grew blinding bright, the white sea birds chasing each other far beyond me seemed to be flitting before my face, the mellow murmur of the waves on the beach was like thunder in my ears.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
"I'm afraid I never can," said Rose; but she surveyed the cup with favour, for a funny little imp danced on the handle, as if all ready to take a header into the white sea below.
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