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Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
The main island is Spitsbergen; other islands
include North East Land, Edge Island, Barents
Island, and Prince Charles Foreland. area
62,000 sq km/23,938 sq mi towns Long Year
City on Spitsbergen features weather and
research stations. Wildlife includes walrus
and polar bear; fossil palms show that it was
in the tropics 40 million years ago. products
coal, phosphates, asbestos, iron ore, and
galena -- all mined by the USSR and Norway
population (1982) 4,000; 62% Russian, 36%
Norwegian history under the Svalbard Treaty
1925, Norway has sovereignty, but allows free
scientific and economic access to others.