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    Spitsbergen (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈspɪ̀tsˌbærɡn̩]; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: Vest Spitsbergen or Vestspitsbergen [ˈvɛ̂stˌspɪtsbærɡn̩]...
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    (originally the Spitsbergen Treaty) recognises the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, at the time called Spitsbergen. The exercise...
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    SVAHL-bar(d), Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr]), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North...
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    Longyearbyen. Spitsbergen IPA Spitsbergen Pale ale Spitsbergen Pilsner Spitsbergen Stout Spitsbergen Weißbier Spitsbergen Rav Lager Spitsbergen Blonde Svalbard...
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    Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (SNSK), or simply Store Norske, is a Norwegian coal mining company based on the Svalbard archipelago. It was formed...
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    kilometres (23,561 sq mi) and there were 2,595 residents in September 2024 Spitsbergen is the largest island, followed by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. The administrative...
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    Adventfjorden, the short estuary leading into Isfjorden on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the island's broadest inlet. As of 2002 Longyearbyen Community Council...
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    (Norwegian: Amsterdamøya) is a small island off the northwest coast of West-Spitsbergen. It is separated from Danes Island by the strait Danskegattet. Its total...
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    Smeerenburg was abandoned around 1660. During the first intensive phase of the Spitsbergen whale fishery, Smeerenburg served as the centre of operations in the...
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    The Spitsbergen Airship Museum (Luftskipsmuseet på Spitsbergen) is a museum located on the island of Spitsbergen in Longyearbyen, the capital of the Arctic...
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    Union in 1927. It lies at the foot of the Billefjorden on the island of Spitsbergen and is named after the pyramid-shaped mountain with the same name adjacent...
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    populations, and perhaps the opening up of the Spitsbergen fishery in 1611. The first voyages to Spitsbergen by the English, Dutch, and Danish relied on...
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    The West Spitsbergen Current (WSC) is a warm, salty current that runs poleward just west of Spitsbergen, (formerly called West Spitsbergen), in the Arctic...
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    Transocean (redirect from Aker Spitsbergen)
    Transocean Ltd. is an American drilling company. It is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor based on revenue and is based in Steinhausen, Switzerland...
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    represent Spitsbergen. In fact, what appears to be Bjørnøya is shown to the southeast of Spitsbergen. Plancius had thus only created a duplicate Spitsbergen. Carolus...
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    Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station or Stanisław Baranowski Glaciologjcal Station (Polish: Stacja Polarna im. Stanisława Baranowskiego na Spitsbergenie...
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  • English mariner who sailed to Spitsbergen, Virginia, and Asia. He piloted the first Spanish whaling ship to Spitsbergen in 1612 and participated in the...
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    Evangelical-Lutheran religion was the public religion of the State. The Spitsbergen Treaty (also known as the Svalbard Treaty) of 9 February 1920 recognises...
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    of which is glaciated, Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park (Norway), covering the northwestern portion of Spitsbergen island. Nordre Isfjorden National...
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    the Kingdom of Norway. The three main islands in the group consist of Spitsbergen (the largest island), Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. There are also a number...
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  • Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen, an island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, killing all 141...
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    Sør-Spitsbergen National Park (Norwegian: Sør-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark, English: South Spitzbergen National Park) encompasses the southern end of Spitsbergen...
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    Polska Stacja Polarna, Hornsund) is at Isbjørnhamna in Hornsund, on Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, operated since 1957. The station...
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    limits of the Norwegian and Barents seas, approximately halfway between Spitsbergen and the North Cape. Bear Island was discovered by Dutch explorers Willem...
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  • reported to have left. Rijpsburg, a now abandoned Dutch settlement on Spitsbergen on Cape Boheman (Bohemanflya), at the north site of Nordfjorden in the...
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    28 August 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023. "The Week in Chess 617, Spitsbergen Festival". Theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024. "The Week in...
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    Adventdalen (category Valleys of Spitsbergen)
    (English: Advent Valley) is a 30-kilometre (19 mi) valley on the island Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. The river that runs through the valley, Adventdalselva...
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    Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park (Norwegian: Nordvest-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark) is located on the Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard and includes...
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    largest uninhabited islands, and Kotelny Island, Alexandra Land, and Spitsbergen are the least-densely populated. Eurasia has been the host of many ancient...
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    geological exploration and research in Svalbard, organising over 40 Cambridge Spitsbergen Expeditions (CSE) and in 1975 founded the Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme...
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