Cliffs rise along the Inner Isfjorden, the second longest fjord in the Svalbard archipelago. The Norwegian islands lie about 600 miles (966 kilometers) from the North Pole.

Experts say the recent discovery of a huge "sea monster" graveyard ranks the Arctic islandalready noted for its large polar bear populationas one of the best marine reptile fossil sites in the world.

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