Svalbard This week in history, 3 January
1920
The Mine 1 accident
A large accident in Mine 1 on 3 January 1920 was marked a hundred years later, in 2020.
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Sunday 7 January 2024Before the Wire, which starts 26 October 2026Updated 23:59
Polar night, day 73 of 112. The sun returns 16 February.
Svalbard Wire starts on 26 October 2026. Pages before that date show the history of the island.
From the timeline, The present transition
2019
Homes are cleared from the slope
After avalanches in December 2015 and February 2017 it was clear that housing low in Longyeardalen is exposed. Building of a new housing area in Gruvedalen began in 2018, and in December 2019 the demolition of 140 homes in the exposed area started.
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