The thesis builds on 11 sediment cores from c. 600 to 1900 m water depth from the continental slope west of Svalbard and one core from the Barents Sea shelf. Together, the cores cover the last 74,000 years. The primary goal was to gain a better insight in ocean circulation and glacial activity in a climatic context on glacial-interglacial and millennial time scales. The main parameters studied are ...