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Brief History. Vikings and Russians may have discovered Svalbard as early as the 12th century. From 1612 to 1720 whaling took place off the western coast of Spitsbergen, by Danish, Dutch, English, French and Norwegian ships. They also provided the headquarters for many Arctic exploration expeditions. Comprehensive geological mapping of the archipelago was conducted by teams from Cambridge and other universities, led primarily by W. Brian Harland from the 1940s to 1980s.

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Country Information

Local name: Svalbard

Capital: Longyearbyen

Population: 2,701

Government: territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was awarded to Norway

Currency: Norwegian krone (NOK)

Land size: 61,020 sq km

Topography: wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along west and north coasts

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Official language: Norwegian

Other languages spoken: Russian

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Ethnic groups: Norwegian 55.4%, Russian and Ukrainian 44.3%, other 0.3%

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