Twenty-five years of Norwegian sovereignty in Svalbard, 1925–50

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Orvin, Anders K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1951
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Svalbard; Longyearbyen; Canada; Norway; New Zealand; Bear Island; Bjørnøya; White Island; Hope Island; Hopen; Kong Karls Land; Hope island; Kvitøya; Polar Record; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400040584; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400040584

By a treaty signed in Paris on 9 February 1920, Norway was given the sovereignty of Svalbard, comprising all the islands situated between longs. 10° and 35° E. and lats. 74° and 81° N., thus including Spitsbergen, Bjørnøya (Bear Island), Hopen (Hope Island), Kong Karls Land, and Kvitøya (White Islan...