Monday 21 October 2024Before the Wire, which starts 26 October 2026Updated 23:59
Daylight 10:36 to 14:46, 4 h 10 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.
This week in history, 26 October
2017
On 26 October 2017 a Russian helicopter crashed in Isfjorden on its way in to Kapp Heer, and all eight on board died. The town of Barentsburg was deeply marked by it.
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From the timeline, The Svalbard Treaty
1920
The Svalbard Treaty was concluded on 9 February 1920. Negotiations had begun in Paris in 1919 on Norwegian initiative, as part of the peace settlement after the First World War. Before that, Svalbard had been no man's land.
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