Longyearbyen, Norway

Norway

Longyearbyen, Norway connects to 1665 places across 12 topics through 50 Bunkabop connections, with government and nature topics leading its reach. Its strongest ties run to Norway, Canada, and Sweden. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 established Norwegian sovereignty and made the settlement a demilitarized zone. Coal mining operations moved to Sveagruva in the 1990s and production ceased in 2017 after sustained financial losses. ESA and NASA have both used the area as a Mars analog site.

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