Friday 15 November 2024Before the Wire, which starts 26 October 2026Updated 23:59
Polar night, day 21 of 112. The sun returns 15 February.
Svalbard Wire starts on 26 October 2026. Pages before that date show the history of the island.
This day, 15 November
1973
On 15 November 1973 Norway, Denmark, Canada and the United States signed the international agreement on the conservation of polar bears in Oslo, at the end of a three-day conference of the five Arctic states; the Soviet Union signed later. Under the agreement polar bear hunting on Svalbard became unlawful.
History Store norske leksikon
From the timeline, The coal town
1916
Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani was founded in 1916 and took over the properties of the American Arctic Coal Company at Adventfjorden and Sassenfjorden. In 1934 it also took over Swedish property at Van Mijenfjorden, including Sveagruva.
History Store norske leksikon
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