Svalbard

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High-Arctic Frontier: Svalbard is a Norwegian High-Arctic archipelago midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, comprising nine main islands led by Spitsbergen. Global Biodiversity Vault: Since 2006, Spitsbergen has housed the Svalbard Global Seed Vault inside a permafrost mountain to safeguard global agricultural biodiversity. Discovery & Whaling (1194 / 1596): Mentioned in the 1194 Islandske Annaler and mapped for the modern world by Dutch explorers Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerck in June 1596, triggering 17th-century Dutch, English, and Norwegian whaling that collapsed bowhead whale stocks. Svalbard Treaty (1920 / 1925): Signed in Paris on February 9, 1920 (effective August 14, 1925), the treaty recognized Norwegian sovereignty while granting signatory nations equal non-discriminatory commercial and mineral access.

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