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| + | [[category:places]] | ||
| + | [[category:archepelagos]] | ||
| + | ==About== | ||
| + | [[Svalbard]] is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of [[Norway]]. | ||
| − | + | Under the [[Svalbard Treaty]] of 1920, a.k.a. the Spitsbergen Treaty, the archipelago is recognized as Norwegian territory but demilitarized and all thirteen signatory states are permitted to engage in economic acitvities. Today both Norway and [[Russia]] mine coal there. To that extent, the archipelago is an economic and natural resource [[commons]]. | |
| + | ===Islands=== | ||
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| + | Spitsbergen is home to the [[Global Seed Vault]]. | ||
| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | ===Reference=== | ||
| + | * {{wikipedia}} | ||