svalbard in English
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1. Scientists and researchers are conducting the Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (Amase) 2007 in Svalbard, Norway, from August 12-26
2. Coal mining is the major economic activity on Svalbard.
3. Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (Amase) uses Mars analog sites on Svalbard for testing of science questions and payload instruments onboard Mars missions
4. The treaty came into effect in 1925, following the Svalbard Act.
5. Svalbard Treaty grants treaty nationals equal right of abode as Norwegian nationals.
6. Svalbard Global Seed Vault ranked at No. 6 on Time's Best Inventions of 2008.
7. They also established Svalbard as a free economic zone and a demilitarized zone.
8. Svalbard is part of Norway and has a special status under international law.
9. But I would suffice it to say that our interest in Svalbard region dates back prior to Independence because the Treaty of Svalbard was signed in 1920 and we acceded to this in 1923.
10. The treaty limits Norway's right to collect taxes to that of financing services on Svalbard.
11. This photogram was taken at the magnetic North Pole... in Svalbard... kingdom of the ice bears.
12. Bowhead whales are true northern creatures, swimming only in cold oceans off Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Russia
13. Amase targets the Bockfjorden area of the Norwegian island of Svalbard, in hot-spring-deposited carbonate terraces
14. We are told that coal mining has been the cornerstone activity on Svalbard since the early 1900’s.
15. These are not just crop plants, as you might have seen stored in Svalbard in Norway -- fantastic work there.
16. Due to difficulties by ICARDA in transferring its collection, in 2015 the Svalbard Vault authorized the first withdrawal of seeds in its history.
17. Glacial ice covers 36,502 km2 (14,094 sq mi) or 60% of Svalbard; 30% is barren rock while 10% is vegetated.
18. 25 In Svalbard, Norway's Arctic archipelago, a camera trap catches a polar bear looking out of place on bare brown soil.
19. Throughout most of the month of August, an international team of scientists participated in the Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (Amase) in Norway, conducting scientific research and testing instruments for future NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) Mars robotic missions.The Svalbard archipelago is unique in the diversity of geological formations it contains.
20. The most numerous birds on Svalbard are Auks, represented by the little auk, brünnich’s guillemot, black guillemot and the Atlantic puffin
21. The whole system was tested in the laboratory as well as at an Earth analogue in Svalbard, Norway – especially chosen to match the mission scenario.
22. Amase has arranged annual expeditions on Svalbard since 2003 and is run by Vestfonna Geophysical AS and funded by the Norwegian Space Centre, ESA and NASA
23. Sulfate deposition from the Samalas eruption has been noted at Svalbard, and the fallout of sulfuric acid from the volcano may have directly affected peatlands in northern Sweden.
24. Barents’ discovery paved the way for an epoch of bustling activity in the Svalbard area, including whaling, sealing, trapping, exploration, and eventually coal mining, scientific research, and tourism.
25. I also interacted via a video-link with our scientists currently undertaking projects at India’s Research Station in the Arctic,‘Himadri’ as well as with our researchers at the Svalbard University Centre.
26. The Arctic is the area around the Earth's North Pole.The Arctic includes parts of Russia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Lapland and Svalbard as well as the Arctic Ocean.It is an ocean, mostly covered with ice.Most scientists call the area north of the treeline Arctic
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