• Svalbard Turn is a sports club based in Longyearbyen, Norway. The club was established on 6 September 1930, initially focusing on gymnastics. Today, it...
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    Svalbard (/ˈsvɑːlbɑːr(d)/ SVAHL-bar(d), Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr]), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago...
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    with a population greater than 1,000, and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway. It stretches along the foot of the left bank of the Longyear Valley...
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    The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Norwegian: Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island...
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    Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The climate of Svalbard is principally a result of its latitude, which is between 74° and 81°...
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  • Novelists, screenwriters and filmmakers have set their works in Svalbard, an archipelago in the Arctic, the northernmost part of Norway yet closer to Greenland...
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  • The polar archipelago of Svalbard was first discovered by Willem Barentsz in 1596, although there is disputed evidence of use by Pomors or Norsemen. Whaling...
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    PictaStar. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-16. "Svalbard Turn – Gradering i verdens nordligste judoklubb". svalbardturn.no. Retrieved...
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  • Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 (category History of Svalbard)
    International Airport in Moscow, Russia, to Svalbard Airport on Spitsbergen, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. On 29 August 1996 at 10:22:23 CEST, a...
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  • controversy while sailing in Svalbard. During his trip when he brought his boat up to a glacier at sea to get ice, turned his AIS off while underway, and...
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