Introducing Svalbard Studies
Svalbard, or “cool edge” in Old Norse, is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It has no indigenous population and some 60% of its landmass is covered by ice. Yet its rich wildlife and mineral resources, as well as spectacular sights, have been attracting a great deal of commercial interest ever sinc...
Published in: | Nordlit |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Septentrio Academic Publishing
2020
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18494 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4990 |
id |
ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/18494 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/18494 2023-05-15T14:52:48+02:00 Introducing Svalbard Studies Chekin, Leonid S. Rogatchevski, Andrei 2020-02-01 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18494 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4990 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing Nordlit Rogatchevski A, Chekin. ‘Introducing Svalbard Studies’. Nordlit. 2020:1-3 FRIDAID 1796158 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4990 0809-1668 1503-2086 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18494 openAccess Copyright 2020 The Author(s) VDP::Humanities: 000 VDP::Humaniora: 000 VDP::Social science: 200 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2020 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4990 2021-06-25T17:57:29Z Svalbard, or “cool edge” in Old Norse, is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It has no indigenous population and some 60% of its landmass is covered by ice. Yet its rich wildlife and mineral resources, as well as spectacular sights, have been attracting a great deal of commercial interest ever since Willem Barentsz discovered the archipelago in 1596 and named it Spitsbergen (“peaked mountains”). Initially a whale hunting base and subsequently a mining ground, a tourist destination and an Arctic research centre, Svalbard could have belonged, among others, to the Dutch, the British and the Russians (who claim to have visited it before Barentsz) – but ended up under Norwegian jurisdiction, upon an international approval of the so-called Svalbard Treaty. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Svalbard Spitsbergen University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Arctic Ocean Svalbard Nordlit 45 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive |
op_collection_id |
ftunivtroemsoe |
language |
English |
topic |
VDP::Humanities: 000 VDP::Humaniora: 000 VDP::Social science: 200 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 |
spellingShingle |
VDP::Humanities: 000 VDP::Humaniora: 000 VDP::Social science: 200 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 Chekin, Leonid S. Rogatchevski, Andrei Introducing Svalbard Studies |
topic_facet |
VDP::Humanities: 000 VDP::Humaniora: 000 VDP::Social science: 200 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 |
description |
Svalbard, or “cool edge” in Old Norse, is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It has no indigenous population and some 60% of its landmass is covered by ice. Yet its rich wildlife and mineral resources, as well as spectacular sights, have been attracting a great deal of commercial interest ever since Willem Barentsz discovered the archipelago in 1596 and named it Spitsbergen (“peaked mountains”). Initially a whale hunting base and subsequently a mining ground, a tourist destination and an Arctic research centre, Svalbard could have belonged, among others, to the Dutch, the British and the Russians (who claim to have visited it before Barentsz) – but ended up under Norwegian jurisdiction, upon an international approval of the so-called Svalbard Treaty. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Chekin, Leonid S. Rogatchevski, Andrei |
author_facet |
Chekin, Leonid S. Rogatchevski, Andrei |
author_sort |
Chekin, Leonid S. |
title |
Introducing Svalbard Studies |
title_short |
Introducing Svalbard Studies |
title_full |
Introducing Svalbard Studies |
title_fullStr |
Introducing Svalbard Studies |
title_full_unstemmed |
Introducing Svalbard Studies |
title_sort |
introducing svalbard studies |
publisher |
Septentrio Academic Publishing |
publishDate |
2020 |
url |
https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18494 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4990 |
geographic |
Arctic Arctic Ocean Svalbard |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Arctic Ocean Svalbard |
genre |
Arctic Arctic Ocean Svalbard Spitsbergen |
genre_facet |
Arctic Arctic Ocean Svalbard Spitsbergen |
op_relation |
Nordlit Rogatchevski A, Chekin. ‘Introducing Svalbard Studies’. Nordlit. 2020:1-3 FRIDAID 1796158 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4990 0809-1668 1503-2086 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18494 |
op_rights |
openAccess Copyright 2020 The Author(s) |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4990 |
container_title |
Nordlit |
container_issue |
45 |
_version_ |
1766324112393764864 |