Turisme: Stadig flere vil oppleve Arktis" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. October 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 April 2015 . Retrieved 19 March 2012. Industrial, mining and commercial activities". Report No. 9 to the Storting (1999–2000): Svalbard. Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police. 29 October 1999. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012 . Retrieved 19 April 2012. Mining in Mine 1b was terminated in 1958, [4] :47 but operation in Mine 5 started the following year. Preliminary work on Mine 4 started in 1954, and from 1960 it was used as a reserve mine. [4] :48 The Norwegian Air Force started serving Longyearbyen with postal flights in the 1950s. In 1959, a man fell seriously ill, so a landing strip was prepared in Adventdalen. From the same year, Braathens SAFE started serving the tundra airport with irregular winter flights. [8] :154–158 In 1957, a principal was hired at the primary school and a new church was opened on 24 August 1958. [4] :126 From 1961, the primary school was supplemented by a private middle school. [4] :114 A branch of Tromsø Sparebank opened in 1959. [4] :16 Tjomsland, Audun; Wilsberg, Kjell (1996). Braathens SAFE 50 år: Mot alle odds (in Norwegian). Oslo. ISBN 82-990400-1-9. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)

The area of land next to a sea is called the coast, and a coastline is defined as the line where land and sea meet. Svalbard has 3,587 km of coastline.Fikk se TV i opptak uker etter fastlandet". Svalbardposten (in Norwegian Bokmål). 23 March 2018 . Retrieved 12 September 2023. Advent City". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012 . Retrieved 19 March 2012. I've pulled together this list of fascinating facts about Svalbard to help you understand more about this remarkable place. Enjoy! Top Svalbard facts Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Frequently Asked Questions". Government.no. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012 . Retrieved 11 April 2012.

On a national level, the first officially "Norwegian" flag is considered the Royal Standard flag that is known and used today by the royal family on its coat of arms. Snowmobiles are a popular mode of transport, and there are more snowmobiles than residents. In 2008, there were registered 2,672 snowmobiles, and 69 per cent of households owned at least one. [82] Off-road motorised transport is prohibited on bare ground, but snowmobiles are used extensively during winter—both for commercial and recreational activities. Transport from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg (45km or 28mi) and Pyramiden (100km or 62mi) is possible by snowmobile in winter, or by ship year round. [83] :63–67 Stange, Rolf (2011). Spitsbergen. Cold Beauty (Photo book) (in English, German, Dutch, and Norwegian). Rolf Stange. ISBN 978-3-937903-10-1.Avinor. "Destinations from Svalbard Airport, Longyear" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2012 . Retrieved 15 March 2012. We still take off our shoes when we enter hotels and restaurants, a tradition that has arisen from the problem with coal dust in the old days.