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Seas of Russia
- Black SeaThe Black Sea holds a secret beneath its surface: below a certain depth, nothing breathes. Over 90% of the deeper water volume is completely anoxic, starved…
- Kara SeaThe Kara Sea freezes over for all but two months of the year, locking its waters in ice from September to May. On 16th-century maps it carried a Latin name…
- East Siberian SeaThe East Siberian Sea sits at the top of the world, a vast stretch of Arctic water pressed between the coast of Siberia to the south and the open Arctic…
- White SeaThe White Sea sits at the far northwest corner of Russia, a southern inlet of the Barents Sea ringed by Karelia, the Kola Peninsula, and the Kanin Peninsula.
- Sea of OkhotskThe Sea of Okhotsk sits at the northwestern edge of the Pacific Ocean, pressed between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuril Islands, Japan's island of…
- Baltic SeaThe Baltic Sea holds a distinction that most seas never earn: it is the world's largest brackish water basin, neither fully fresh nor fully salt, caught…
- Barents SeaThe Barents Sea has a name that sailors have given it for centuries: The Devil's Dance Floor. It sits off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia, a shallow…
- Sea of AzovThe Sea of Azov holds a record that surprises almost everyone who hears it: it is the shallowest sea in the world. Its depth varies between 0.9 and 14…
- Sea of JapanThe Sea of Japan sits in near-total isolation from the Pacific Ocean, enclosed by the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin, and the Russian…
- Laptev SeaThe Laptev Sea sits at the northern edge of Siberia, frozen for most of the year and clear of ice for perhaps two months out of twelve.
- Chukchi SeaThe Chukchi Sea sits at the top of the world, wedged between Russia and Alaska, where the Pacific Ocean finally meets the Arctic.
- Bering SeaThe Bering Sea sits at the edge of two worlds. It is the body of water that divides the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and the Americas.
- Pechora SeaThe Pechora Sea sits at the southeastern corner of the Barents Sea, pressed against the northwestern edge of European Russia.