Spitsbergen Literature Lobby
The Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Question became an international political issue regarding the terra nullius status of the Arctic region in the light of growing commercial enterprise undertaken from 1898 onwards. The Spitsbergen Commission set up by the Peace Conference in Paris to resolve this question...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/3070 2023-05-15T14:57:40+02:00 Spitsbergen Literature Lobby Jones, Mary Katherine 2014-07-23 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3070 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3070 nor nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3070/2961 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3070 doi:10.7557/13.3070 Copyright (c) 2014 Mary Katherine Jones http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Nordlit; No 32 (2014): Narrating the High North II; 33-69 Nordlit; Nr 32 (2014): Narrating the High North II; 33-69 1503-2086 0809-1668 Arctic – Spitsbergen – Svalbard – Spitsbergen Question – Spitsbergen sovereignty – Spitsbergen Literature Lobby – Spitsbergen Commission – Paris Peace Conference info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2014 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3070 2021-08-16T15:47:23Z The Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Question became an international political issue regarding the terra nullius status of the Arctic region in the light of growing commercial enterprise undertaken from 1898 onwards. The Spitsbergen Commission set up by the Peace Conference in Paris to resolve this question in the aftermath of the Great War awarded sovereignty to Norway. Elen C. Singh’s concept of the Spitsbergen Literature Lobby illustrates behind-the-scenes activity intent on resolving Spitsbergen sovereignty in favour of one particular nation, and/or securing the commercial interests of several nations. Documents analysed in this article include the initial Norwegian Government submission to the Peace Conference and the contemporaneous diary of one of its main compilers; Spitsbergen Literature Lobby texts cited by Singh, and other strategic texts published 1906-1919; and selected Spitsbergen texts published in the light of Norwegian sovereignty. Subject matter comprised Spitsbergen summaries, history (including Spitsbergen bibliographies), cartography, legal/political issues and commercial issues. The specific and general influence of the lobby and the expertise of its constituent authors is examined, as are their individual and collaborative literary efforts, as well as the rationale behind the selection of strategic texts and a summary of their time-scale, location and language of publication. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Svalbard Spitsbergen University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Arctic Norway Svalbard Nordlit 32 33 |
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The Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Question became an international political issue regarding the terra nullius status of the Arctic region in the light of growing commercial enterprise undertaken from 1898 onwards. The Spitsbergen Commission set up by the Peace Conference in Paris to resolve this question in the aftermath of the Great War awarded sovereignty to Norway. Elen C. Singh’s concept of the Spitsbergen Literature Lobby illustrates behind-the-scenes activity intent on resolving Spitsbergen sovereignty in favour of one particular nation, and/or securing the commercial interests of several nations. Documents analysed in this article include the initial Norwegian Government submission to the Peace Conference and the contemporaneous diary of one of its main compilers; Spitsbergen Literature Lobby texts cited by Singh, and other strategic texts published 1906-1919; and selected Spitsbergen texts published in the light of Norwegian sovereignty. Subject matter comprised Spitsbergen summaries, history (including Spitsbergen bibliographies), cartography, legal/political issues and commercial issues. The specific and general influence of the lobby and the expertise of its constituent authors is examined, as are their individual and collaborative literary efforts, as well as the rationale behind the selection of strategic texts and a summary of their time-scale, location and language of publication. |
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Spitsbergen Literature Lobby |
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Spitsbergen Literature Lobby |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing |
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https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3070 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3070 |
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Arctic Svalbard Spitsbergen |
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Arctic Svalbard Spitsbergen |
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Nordlit; No 32 (2014): Narrating the High North II; 33-69 Nordlit; Nr 32 (2014): Narrating the High North II; 33-69 1503-2086 0809-1668 |
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https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3070/2961 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3070 doi:10.7557/13.3070 |
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