Longyearbyen · 78.22 N 15.63 E

Svalbard Wire

Est. 2026

Everything said about Svalbard, in one place

Saturday 14 September 2024Before the Wire, which starts 26 October 2026Updated 23:59

Daylight on 14 September: sun 05:33 to 20:08; civil twilight 03:25 to 05:33, 20:08 to 22:11. Daylight 05:33 to 20:08, 14 h 35 min. The sun sets for the winter on 25 October.

Daylight 05:33 to 20:08, 14 h 35 min. The sun sets for the winter on 25 October.

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

History

The island's past

From the timeline, Hunting and expeditions

1926

Airship Norge leaves Ny-Ålesund

In the 1920s Ny-Ålesund was at the centre of international attention because of expeditions towards the North Pole. The Amundsen, Ellsworth and Nobile flight with the airship Norge started from there in 1926. The mast built for the airship expedition still stands and is counted among the settlement's important cultural monuments.

History Store norske leksikon

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