Svalbard The Shelf
Every book about Svalbard that two catalogues confirm, oldest first: 796 works, checked 8 November 2026.
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Paths
The trappers
Works whose subject headings name trapping, hunting stations or overwintering.
The mines
Works whose subject headings name coal, the mines or the mining companies.
The war 1940 to 1945
Works whose subject headings name the war and whose period overlaps 1940 to 1945.
The Russians
Works whose subject headings name Russians, Russia, the Soviet Union or the pomors, or that carry the tag of a Russian settlement.
The expeditions
Works whose subject headings name expeditions or voyages of exploration.
The ice and the climate
Works whose subject headings name ice, glaciers, permafrost, weather or the climate, or that carry the tag the ice.
Set here (fiction)
Fiction set on Svalbard, by Wikidata's narrative location or because every place the work's geographic headings name is in Svalbard.
For children
Works whose subject or genre headings name books for children or young readers.