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Svalbard is an archipelago about 40 degrees North, lying in the Arctic seas north of Norway.
Various countries, including the former USSR, signed the treaty of Svalbard which established Norwegian sovereignty but afforded mineral mining rights to the signatories.
The USSR established a colony called Pyramiden, named after the pyrimidal peak behind the town, from which they mined coal.
The town was abandoned in 1998 and has been gradually dismantled of salvageable kit in the Summers since. There is talk of the resumption of mining in 2007.
Svalbard is an archipelago about 40 degrees North, lying in the Arctic seas north of Norway.
Various countries, including the former USSR, signed the treaty of Svalbard which established Norwegian sovereignty but afforded mineral mining rights to the signatories.
The USSR established a colony called Pyramiden, named after the pyrimidal peak behind the town, from which they mined coal.
The town was abandoned in 1998 and has been gradually dismantled of salvageable kit in the Summers since. There is talk of the resumption of mining in 2007.
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