Arktikugol (Russian: Арктикуголь, lit. 'Arctic Coal') is a Russian coal mining unitary enterprise which operates on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard...
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and a demilitarized zone. The Norwegian Store Norske and the Russian Arktikugol are the only mining companies at Spitsbergen. Research and tourism have...
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sold the mine, including its settlement Barentsburg, to the Soviet trust Arktikugol. On October 17, 2006, Norwegian inspectors detected a smouldering underground...
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military use of the archipelago. The Norwegian Store Norske and the Russian Arktikugol remain the only mining companies in place. Research and tourism have become...
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and staff from Volyn. Owned by the state-owned Russian mining company Arktikugol, which also owns the settlement of Barentsburg, Pyramiden once had over...
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aircraft, with the registration number RA-85621, had been chartered by Arktikugol, a Russian state-owned coal-mining company, to fly Russian and Ukrainian...
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the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Pyramiden – still owned by Trust Arktikugol – was abandoned. For years it remained a ghost town, with only sporadic...
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by Dutch P.T.T. Barentsburg, mining town run by Arktikugol Grumant, ghost mining town run by Arktikugol Longyearbyen, former mining company town run by...
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underwent a process of "normalization" to become a regular community. Arktikugol closed Grumant in 1962 and Pyramiden in 1998, while King Bay had to close...
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at Pyramiden in Svalbard, Norway. The airport is owned and operated by Arktikugol, who owns the mining town. The airport consists of a gravel runway and...
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charter services to Svea Airport and Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben. Arktikugol operates helicopters to Barentsburg and Pyramiden. There are two quays...
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museum in 1963. Today owned entirely by the Government of Russia through Arktikugol, Barentsburg is a shadow of its former self, with only a few hundred inhabitants...
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Barentsburg in Svalbard, Norway. The airport is owned and operated by Arktikugol, which also owns the company town. The airport features a 91-by-21-meter...
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there has not been any significant mining by the Russian state-owned Arktikugol in Barentsburg. There have previously been performed test drilling for...
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deadliest air disaster. The aircraft was operating a charter flight for Arktikugol. 13 September 1997 German Air Force Tu-154M 11+02, callsign "GAF074",...
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economic zones (for example, the Svalbard ruble for employees of the Arktikugol coal mines). The purpose of such certificates was to prevent a shortage...
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Spitsbergen Sassen–Bünsow Land Sør-Spitsbergen Companies Arctic Coal Company Arktikugol Bjørnøen Kings Bay Store Norske Research Arctic World Archive Amundsen-Nobile...
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1930s only Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani and the Soviet state-owned Arktikugol were left, which led to a bilateralization of politics. The archipelago...
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1932. It is the sole ex-Soviet town on Svalbard which is still active, Arktikugol having continued the coal mining operations under Russian ownership. The...
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Spitsbergen Sassen–Bünsow Land Sør-Spitsbergen Companies Arctic Coal Company Arktikugol Bjørnøen Kings Bay Store Norske Research Arctic World Archive Amundsen-Nobile...
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Mathiesen Private Kings Bay Ny-Ålesund 295 114 Government of Norway State Arktikugol Barentsburg 251 97 Government of Russia Public Espedalen Bygdealmenning...
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Spitsbergen Sassen–Bünsow Land Sør-Spitsbergen Companies Arctic Coal Company Arktikugol Bjørnøen Kings Bay Store Norske Research Arctic World Archive Amundsen-Nobile...
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Spitsbergen Sassen–Bünsow Land Sør-Spitsbergen Companies Arctic Coal Company Arktikugol Bjørnøen Kings Bay Store Norske Research Arctic World Archive Amundsen-Nobile...
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in Barentsburg, Grumant and Pyramiden through the coal-mining company Arktikugol. In 1958, Norsk Polar Navigasjon proposed to build a civilian airport...
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Spitsbergen Sassen–Bünsow Land Sør-Spitsbergen Companies Arctic Coal Company Arktikugol Bjørnøen Kings Bay Store Norske Research Arctic World Archive Amundsen-Nobile...
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Tu-154M were killed. It is the worst air crash in Norwegian history. Arktikugol, the owner of the company town of Barentsburg, operates a Mil Mi-8 helicopter...
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the company's plans, they were, unlike the American Caltex and Soviet Arktikugol, not permitted to use helicopters in their petroleum activities. Colonel...
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coverage and in 1932 there were two Soviet ships which went aground. Arktikugol took initiative to better the navigational aids in Isfjorden, including...
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Svalbard Minerals had found baryte within the national park borders, and Arktikugol holds two mining claim areas just south of the national park. The national...
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ExxonMobil Barentsburg Heliport, Heerodden ENBA Barentsburg Svalbard General Arktikugol Bergen Heliport, Grønneviksøren ENBG Bergen Vestland Medical Bergen Hospital...
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