Russiae et Novae Zemlae Maritimae

Title

Russiae et Novae Zemlae Maritimae

Description

Map shows the Barents Sea with Cap Kanin, etern Lappland ,Kolgujew and Nowaja Semlia

ca. 1720

Artist

Ottens (1700-1750)

Joachim Ottens (1663 – 1719). Family of Publishers in Amsterdam and his sons Josua and Renier. Joachim Ottens .Joachim Ottens was the founder of the firm and worked before for Frederick de Wit . Joachim died only a few years later, his sons Renier and Joshua took over the firm and presided over its most prolific period.

Historical Description

The Barents Sea (Russian баренцево море, Norwegian Barentshavet) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean (Arctic Ocean) north of Norway and the European part of Russia. It was named after the Dutch navigator Willem Barents. With an average depth of 230 m, it is one of the deeper shelf seas. The North Atlantic Current, an offshoot of the Gulf Stream, ensures that many harbors in the Barents Sea are ice-free all year round, even though they are located far to the north. In September, the Barents Sea is completely ice-free. Due to the comparatively high water temperature, biomass production is significantly higher than in other seas of comparable latitude. In spring, the algal bloom begins with the production of phytoplankton, followed by zooplankton, which in turn provides food for fish, seabirds and marine mammals. The largest city on the Barents Sea is Murmansk, which, like the former Finnish city of Pechenga, is home to a base of the Russian Northern Fleet. The shallow eastern part of the Barents Sea contains rich oil deposits and is called Lake Pechora after the river Pechora that flows into it. There are also rich oil and natural gas deposits in the southwest, and further deposits are suspected in the central area. Oil has been extracted in the Barents Sea since the 1970s. Another important economic sector is the fishing industry, especially for Norway and Russia. Cod in particular is caught here.