Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Svalbard and Jan Mayen are two Norwegian-administered territories scattered across the Arctic Ocean, closer to the North Pole than to Oslo. Svalbard's landscape is defined by glaciers, tundra, and polar bear territory; Jan Mayen is a remote volcanic island of near-permanent cloud and a single active stratovolcano.
About Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Overview
Svalbard lies roughly midway between Norway and the North Pole, while Jan Mayen sits isolated in the Norwegian Sea between Greenland and Iceland. Longyearbyen on Svalbard is the administrative center. Norwegian is the official language, though Russian is spoken in the mining settlement of Barentsburg. The territories use the Norwegian krone and operate under a distinctive international treaty framework.
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