Svalbard
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| Population | 2,667 (2016) |
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| Administrative centre and largest city | Longyearbyen |
| Calling code | +47 |
| Ethnic groups | Russian |
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| ID | 908171 |
About Svalbard
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. One of the world's northernmost inhabited areas, it's known for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra sheltering polar bears, Svalbard reindeer and Arctic foxes. The Northern Lights are visible during winter, and summer brings the “midnight sun”—sunlight 24 hours a day.
Mike Horn and Boerge Ousland: North Pole explorers complete epic trek
... The men are now recuperating on the Lance, which will make its way out of the ice to the Pangaea, another ship which will collect them to bring them back to Svalbard, a Norwegian Arctic archipelago...
Climate change: the Polarstern departs for 'largest' Arctic expedition
... Modeling the winds and currents, suggests that the ship should drift over the top of the planet, road within a few hundred km from the North pole before then ejected from the frozen clods between northeast Greenland and Svalbard-the FRAM...
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