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Charlesbreen
Charlesbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located between Gunnar Knudsenfjella and Vegardfjella Vegardfjella is a mountain in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, which is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the glaciers of Vegardbreen and Charlesbreen Charlesbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsb ..., and debouches into St. Jonsfjorden from the south side. The length of the glacier is ten kilometers. The glacier is named after Charles Robertson. References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Robertson (Norwegian Politician)
Charles Robertson (1875–1958) was the Norwegian Minister of Trade 1926–1928 and part of Lykke's Cabinet. He was the son of merchant Nicolai George Robertson and his wife Anna Albrethson. His father's family came from Scotland to Hammerfest with his grandfather Charles Robertson the Elder in 1827. The family business G. Robertson traded in salted fish, stockfish, shark fishing and seal hunting. They had a number of branches and fishing villages along the Finnmark coast. On 24 May 1899 he married his cousin Gudrun Brandt-Rantzau, daughter of district physician Johannes Brandt-Rantzau and Nicoline Cecilie Mathea Robertson. His sister Anna Robertson married Attorney General and later Minister of State Andreas Urbye. His niece Gudrun Martius, married the diplomat Johan Georg Alexius Ræder. Charles Robertson had four children: George Robertson (born 1900), Dorohea Robertson (born 1904), Ole Robertson (born 1905) and Charles Robertson (born 1911). Charlesbreen, a glac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Knudsenfjella
Gunnar Knudsenfjella is a mountain group in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The mountains are located south of St. Jonsfjorden, and are surrounded by the glaciers of Charlesbreen, Løvliebreen and Eidembreen. The mountain group is named after ship owner and Prime Minister of Norway, Gunnar Knudsen. Parts of Gunnar Knudsenfjella belong to the Trollheimen Trollheimen is a mountain range in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in central Norway. The mountain range is part of the Scandinavian Mountains. Etymology The name ('the home of the trolls') was proposed by Håkon Løken and used by ... mountainous district. References Mountains of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vegardfjella
Vegardfjella is a mountain in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, which is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the glaciers of Vegardbreen and Charlesbreen Charlesbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located between Gunnar Knudsenfjella and Vegardfjella, and debouches into St. Jonsfjorden from the south side. The length of the glacier is ten kilometers. The glacier ..., and its highest peak is Larstoppen with a height of 859 m.a.s.l. The mountain is named after Norwegian physicist Lars Vegard. References Mountains of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar II Land
Oscar II Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Kongsfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The long glacier Sveabreen divides Oscar II Land from James I Land. The area is named after Oscar II of Sweden. Older name variants are ''Oscar II's Land'' and ''Terre Oscar II''. The Hofgaardtoppen Hofgaardtoppen is a mountain in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the no ... mountain is the highest peak in Oscar II Land. References Geography of Svalbard Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, and the Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen covers an area of , making it the largest island in Norway and the 36th-largest in the world. The administrative centre is Longyearbyen. Other settlements, in addition to research outposts, are the Russian mining community of Barentsburg, the research community of Ny-Ålesund, and the mining outpost of Sveagruva. Spitsbergen was covered in of ice in 1999, which was approximately 58.5% of the island's total area. The island was first used as a whaling base in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which it was abandoned. Coal mining started at the end of the 19th century, and several permanent commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen, followed by Nordaustlandet and . The largest settlement is Longyearbyen. The islands were first used as a base by the whalers who sailed far north in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which they were abandoned. Coal mining started at the beginning of the 20th century, and several permanent communities were established. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 recognizes Norwegian sovereignty, and the 1925 Svalbard Act made Svalbard a full part of the Kingdom of Norway. They also established Svalbard as a free economic zone and a demilitarized zone. The Norwegian Store Norske and the Russian remain the only mining companies in place. Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Polar Institute
The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI; no, Norsk Polarinstitutt) is Norway's central governmental institution for scientific research, mapping and environmental monitoring in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The NPI is a directorate under Norway's Ministry of Climate and Environment. The institute advises Norwegian authorities on matters concerning polar environmental management and is the official environmental management body for Norwegian activities in Antarctica. Activities The institute's activities are focused on environmental research and management in the polar regions. The NPI's researchers investigate biodiversity, climate and environmental toxins in the Arctic and Antarctic, and in this context the institute equips and organizes large-scale expeditions to both polar regions. The institute contributes to national and international climate work, and is an active contact point for the international scientific community. The institute collects and analyses data on the environm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
