Longyearbyen · 78.22 N 15.63 E

Svalbard Wire

Est. 2026

Everything said about Svalbard, in one place

Friday 16 February 2024Before the Wire, which starts 26 October 2026Updated 23:59

Daylight on 16 February: sun 11:31 to 12:54; civil twilight 08:21 to 11:31, 12:54 to 16:04. Daylight 11:31 to 12:54, 1 h 23 min.

Daylight 11:31 to 12:54, 1 h 23 min.

Svalbard Wire starts on 26 October 2026. Pages before that date show the history of the island.

History

The island's past

The timeline by era

  1. 1596Discovery and whaling, 3 entries
  2. 1715Hunting and expeditions, 4 entries
  3. 1905The coal town, 6 entries
  4. 1920The Svalbard Treaty, 4 entries
  5. 1941War and rebuilding, 4 entries
  6. 1975The modern town, 3 entries
  7. 2015The present transition, 6 entries

Open the history of Svalbard, 30 entries in 7 eras