Svalbard

Sval·bard (sväl

bär

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A Norwegian archipelago comprising Spitsbergen and other islands in the Arctic Ocean north of the mainland. The islands are rich in mineral resources.

Svalbard (Norwegian) [ˈsvaːlbar]

(Placename) a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, about 650 km (400 miles) north of Norway: consists of the main group (Spitsbergen, North East Land, Edge Island, Barents Island, and Prince Charles Foreland) and a number of outlying islands; sovereignty long disputed but granted to Norway in 1920; coal mining. Administrative centre: Longyearbyen. Area: 62 050 sq. km (23 958 sq. miles) Also called Spitsbergen

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Svalbard - a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean

Kingdom of Norway, Noreg, Norge, Norway - a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905

Spitsbergen, Spitzbergen - islands in the Svalbard archipelago to the east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway

Arctic Ocean - ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs

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The world faces many daunting challenges today, one of the greatest of which is how to feed a growing population in the context of climate change," a bundled-up Ban told reporters after he toured the site in the Svalbard archipelago some 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) from the North Pole.

UN chief visits 'doomsday' seed vault in Arctic by AFP / AFP Global Edition

The venue has now teamed up with the World Wildlife Fund to adopt their own Svalbard polar bear in the Arctic.

Help for bears? - that'll do icely! TheDailyPreview HIS DARK ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

Byline: ANI Washington, July 2 (ANI): A new research, which has reconstructed the extent of ice in the sea between Greenland and Svalbard from the 13th century to the present indicates that there has never been so little sea ice in 800 years as there is now.

Current sea ice least in 800 years by Asian News International

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