Archipelagos of Warmth. Soviet Mining on Svalbard and the Challenge of Arctic Cold
When Soviet workers arrived on the Norwegian island of Svalbard in 1931, their main task was to mine coal for the burgeoning industries in the USSR’s northwest. However, much more basic human needs characterized the mining operation on site: The Svalbard workers suffered from their ill-prepared arri...
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| Format: | Conference Object |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | https://boris.unibe.ch/143324/1/Svalbard_Frey.pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/143324/ |