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Barentsburg

(bä`rəntsbo͝org), town, Spitsbergen island, Svalbard, Norway. Though tourism is increasingly economically significant, Barentsburg was originally a coal-mining settlement, established (1912) by a Norwegian company. The mines have been worked by the Dutch (1921–26) and after 1932 by the Russians. It was totally destroyed (Sept., 1943) by German battleships but quickly rebuilt.

Barentsburg

 

a mining community and port on Vest-Spitsbergen Island (Svalbard, Norway). It is picturesquely laid out on the shore of Gront Fjord, a southern branch of Isfjorden. The population is about 600. There are coal mines (concessions of the USSR) and a museum of polar lore. The town is named in honor of the Dutch navigator W. Barents.

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Across the Gronfjorden, black smoke forms an incongruous cloud above Barentsburg, a Russian mining town with 350 inhabitants, mainly from the Ukraine.
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TYNE SHIPPING MOVEMENTS Arrivals Date/Time Name From To 0108 0830 Novaya Zemlya Barentsburg Anchorage 0108 0845 Princess Seaways Ijmuiden/ Velsen RoRo 3 0108 1159 World Spirit Zeebrugge WHP 0208 0700 Boudicca Seaward Northumbrian Quay 0208 0845 King Seaways RoRo 3 Ijmuiden/ Velsen 0208 1900 BG Ireland Felixstowe Cont Term Sailings Date/Time Name From To 0108 0800 City of Amsterdam Seaward RoRo 4 Zeebrugge 0108 0900 HMS Tyne Northumbrian Quay 0108 1700 Princess Seaways Seaward RoRo 3 Ijmuiden/ Velsen 0208 1630 Boudicca Northumbrian Quauy 0208 1700 King Seaways RoRo 3 Ijmuiden/ Velsen 0308 0600 BG Ireland Cont Term Teesport
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Open Competition: Open tender for the right to manufacture and supply a floating pontoon berth at the port of Barentsburg, architect.
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