Svalbard

[ svahl-bahr ]

/ ˈsvɑl bɑr /

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noun

Norwegian name of Spitsbergen.

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How to use Svalbard in a sentence

Now Blomdahl works part-time at a clothing store and lives with her current partner, whom she met at her first job on Svalbard.
The TikTok Star Living in the Arctic Circle|Anna Deen|June 3, 2021|Outside Online
With its lack of visa requirements, Svalbard—long a hub for Arctic exploration, coal mining, and research—has drawn an international population of residents who stay anywhere between several months and several decades.
The TikTok Star Living in the Arctic Circle|Anna Deen|June 3, 2021|Outside Online
She moved to Svalbard in 2015 with her then partner, intending to head the reservations department at a restaurant for just a few months, but she soon fell in love with the island.
The TikTok Star Living in the Arctic Circle|Anna Deen|June 3, 2021|Outside Online
Blomdahl, a self-taught photographer and videographer, has lived on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard for the past five years.
The TikTok Star Living in the Arctic Circle|Anna Deen|June 3, 2021|Outside Online

She documents seals, reindeer, and a population of polar bears that outnumber human inhabitants on Svalbard.
The TikTok Star Living in the Arctic Circle|Anna Deen|June 3, 2021|Outside Online
As will be seen, Svalbard is spoken of, here and in the Annals, as a land that is known.
In Northern Mists (Volume 2 of 2)|Fridtjof Nansen
There have been different opinions as to what country Svalbard was.
In Northern Mists (Volume 2 of 2)|Fridtjof Nansen
These measurements of distance are therefore far too uncertain to be of any use in finding Svalbard.
In Northern Mists (Volume 2 of 2)|Fridtjof Nansen

British Dictionary definitions for Svalbard

Svalbard

/ (Norwegian ˈsvaːlbar) /

noun

a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, about 650 km (400 miles) north of Norway: consists of the main group (Spitsbergen, North East Land, Edge Island, Barents Island, and Prince Charles Foreland) and a number of outlying islands; sovereignty long disputed but granted to Norway in 1920; coal mining. Administrative centre: Longyearbyen. Pop: 1970 (2013 est). Area: 62 050 sq km (23 958 sq miles)Also called: Spitsbergen

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