Why Does Norway Own These Islands In The Arctic

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The Svalbard archipelago is one of the most isolated and extreme places where humans actively live, but how did it end up being that way? Who discovered it? How did Norway acquire these islands in the Arctic? Worry not, all these questions are answered in the video! • 📚 Chapters • 00:00 - Discovery of the archipelago • 01:11 - Whaling begins and ends • 02:47 - 1700s and 1800s • 03:17 - Countries start mining • 03:56 - WWI • 04:48 - WWII • 05:53 - Svalbard nowadays • 📑 Sources • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard • https://www.worldhistory.org/article/... • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History... • https://www.lifeinnorway.net/svalbard... • • A Brief History of Svalbard, Norway • 🫂 Attributions • Dag Endresen, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons • Dag Endresen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons • 🎵 Music • Big Drumming Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

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