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	Svalbard Pictures: Barentsburg (Баренцбург)
		Barentsburg is like a small town with generally larger buildings than in Longyearbyen.
		Barentsburg has a hotel, hospital, museum, library, theatre, a farm for producing milk, a green house for growing vegetables, and a few cafes and bars.
		Barentsburg has kept some of the symbols from the Soviet aera: a large statue of Lenin can still be found in the upper part of the city; is watching the city and the beautiful scenery in Svalbard.
	pictures.gjerdes.com /svalbard/barentsburg.html (197 words)

	Encyclopedia: Barentsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Barentsburg (Russian Баренцбург) is the second largest settlement on Svalbard, with about 850 inhabitants, almost entirely Russians and Ukrainians.
		The Russian Federation maintains a consulate in Barentsburg.
		The Svalbard Treaty of February 1920 placed the arctic islands of Svalbard under the governorship of Norway.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Barentsburg (250 words)

	Barentsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Barentsburg (Ryska: Баренцбург) är den näst största tätorten på Svalbard, efter huvudstaden Longyearbyen.
		Invånarna i Barentsburg är näsan uteslutande ryska och ukrainska gruvarbetare, anställda av Arktikugol (Арктикуголь).
		Turismen börjar bli allt viktigare för Barentsburg, eftersom gruvdriften alltid har varit olönsam.
	www.toshare.info /sv/Barentsburg.htm (78 words)

	Barentsburg -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Barentsburg ((A native or inhabitant of Russia) Russian Баренцбург) is the second largest settlement on (A Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean) Svalbard, with about 850 inhabitants, almost entirely (A native or inhabitant of Russia) Russians and (The Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine) Ukrainians.
		The distance from (additional info and facts about Longyearbyen) Longyearbyen to Barentsburg is about 55 km, however there are no roads connecting the two settlements.
		Although Svalbard is under (A Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway) Norwegian sovereignty, the unique (additional info and facts about Svalbard Treaty) Svalbard Treaty of 1920 allows citizens of signatory countries equal rights to exploit natural resources.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Ba/Barentsburg.htm (192 words)

	Taste joys, pains of Russia without the hassle
		Barentsburg was off-limits during the Cold War, but now welcomes tourists, as long as they remember their place.
		The settlement of Barentsburg, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Longyearbyen, is legally part of Norway but is under Russian control and home to about 850 miners and their families.
		A trip to Barentsburg, which doesn't require a visa, is also a trip to a vanished country, in a way.
	www.cincinnati.com /travel/stories/030799_russia.html (1598 words)

	Arctic coalmining is a dream job, for some - Boston.com
		Russian and Norwegian miners and their families live on the same island 25 miles apart, separated by a snow-covered mountain range that marks one of the greatest wage divides in the world for doing the same job.
		Russian miners in the village of Barentsburg, which boasts a big heated indoor swimming pool and a bust of Lenin in the main square, declined to say precisely how much they earned.
		In Barentsburg, where the mine is under the town, miners work six-hour shifts five days a week.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2007/05/23/arctic_coalmining_is_a_dream_job_for_some (941 words)

	Barentsburg - World Travel Guide
		After Pyramiden was closed in 1996, Barentsburg has been the only Russian settlement still operating, with some 700 inhabitants as of September 2005 and some 300,000 tons of coal exported yearly.
		Barentsburg does not have its own airport, but chartered helicopter transfers (15 min) can be arranged from Longyearbyen if you're really in a hurry.
		There are no roads to Barentsburg, and it's about three days solid hiking from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg on foot in the summer.
	www.world-travel-guide.net /index.php?title=Barentsburg (516 words)

	Spotlight on Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Eternal Republic of Barentsburg is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons.
		Barentsburg's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the ERB credit.
		Barentsburg is ranked 9th in the region and 2,698th in the world for Largest Retail Sector.
	www.nationstates.net /-1/page=display_nation/nation=barentsburg (198 words)

	Landing to Barentsburg
		Barentsburg, Russian mining settlement, is situated on the sunny east slope of
		Among them, the exhibitions in the room 6 "Barentsburg yesterday and today" were rich in content.
		The design of the trash seemed to be standardize in Barentsburg, and I found no refuse in the road.
	www.bekkoame.ne.jp /~bluemt/Svalbard/Barentsburg/index_E.html (619 words)

	Airspex 2004 - Flight over Barentsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To see the structure of the scene in Barentsburg, we chose the 590 nm band to work with, since the image at this wavelength shows nice structure (Figure 1) of the ground.
		Fig.2 Barentsburg, 590 nm, 10 nm bandwidth, histogram equalisation.
		Barentsburg is the Russian coal exploitation settlement on Svalbard.
	www.akira.ruc.dk /~alexis/agf331/barentsburg.html (636 words)

	Travel guide for Svalbard - Hostels, things to do, nightlife, tips, etc
		The combined permanent population is less than 3000, nearly all of which is concentrated in the main settlements of Longyearbyen and Barentsburg on Spitsbergen.
		The official language is Norwegian, although Russian is spoken in Barentsburg.
		Barentsburg and Ny-Ãlesund also have a single hotel each.
	paganel.eu /svalbard/index.html (1762 words)

	Barentsburg; Russian settlements on Svalbard
		What the ministers haven't seen, The Change, When I was a Norwegian postman - essays about Barentsburg by Eugene Buzni.
		Gruveulykken i Barentsburg - Aftenposten coverage of explosion in the coal mine on September 18, 1997.
		Russian whalers and hunters on Svalbard - Tora Hultgreen claims in her doctoral thesis that the oldest found archaeological traces of Russians were from early 18th century.
	www.russia.no /regional/svalbard (352 words)

	Finest KO.com - Stage Profiles: Barentsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Barentsburg is coal mining town located on the western coast of Svalbard Island, which is located about 600 miles north of Norway.
		Barentsburg might be the only stage where a static background can give certain characters an advantage.
		Anyone with a Reppuken or similar lightly-colored ground projectile (Geese, Rock, Iori) can give human opponents a hard time, simply because the color of the thing they're trying to avoid is the same color as the background.
	www.finestko.com /features/stages/barentsburg (289 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Barentsburg Info Free articles and information about Barentsburg.
		The mining towns of Longyearbyen, Grumantbyen, and Barentsburg are on the inlet.
		Spitsbergen, the largest island, contains the highest mountain of the group (Newtontoppen, c.5,650 ft/1,720 m) and the principal settlements of Longyearbyen (the administrative center), Ny-Alesund, Barentsburg, and Grumantbyen.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Barentsburg (144 words)

	Barentsburg's security policy [Archive] - jolt.co.uk public forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Barentsburg is a militarily non-allied country, which maintains a credible national defence.
		Barentsburg's central aim is to expand co-operation and maintain a stable situation.
		Barentsburg's security policy and defence capability offer to the political government means and instruments to adjust defensive readiness from territorial surveillance and protection of the territorial integrity to the defence of the country with all resources available.
	forums.jolt.co.uk /archive/index.php/t-307293.html (474 words)

	Barentsburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The distance from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg is about 55 km, however there are no roads connecting the two settlements.
		Although Svalbard is under Norwegian sovereignty, the unique Svalbard Treaty of 1920 allows citizens of signatory countries equal rights to exploit natural resources.
		This page was last modified 12:19, 9 September 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barentsburg (132 words)

	Barentsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Frykten og uvissheten preger befolkningen i Barentsburg etter gruveulykken i september.
		Et forsøk på å rømme fra elendigheten i kriserammede gruveområder i Russland og Ukraina er blitt til et mareritt for de som søkte lykken i Barentsburg.
		Har du bodd på et middels dårlig russisk studenthjem før, tåler du også synet av brakkene i Barentsburg.
	www.hf.uib.no /Andre/Phania/Antik/97-4/barents.htm (693 words)

	Barentsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Barentsburg is the main Russian community on Spitsbergen.
		It is now open to tourists, and this is where our hike across the mountains from Longearbyen took us.
		Boat excursions from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg are also available more or less daily in the summer.
	home.online.no /~okleven/barentsb.html (43 words)

	IOTA 2001 by ON1KSZ
		Barentsburg is a russian mining town 40 km from Longyearbyen.
		Also it is so close, it takes 3 days of hiking or a boat to get there, there are no roads.
		All inhabitants are russian or ukrainian, as the town belongs to ArticKugol, a russian mining company.
	users.win.be /W0002645/Barentsburg.html (57 words)

	Barentsburg City Guide - Nordic Travel Guides
		A small wooden chapel, erected in 1996 to commemorate the 140 victims of a plane that crashed while bringing in a new shift of miners to Barentsburg.
		The sign also serves a useful function during winter, as when the star becomes visible again, the polar night has ended and summer is coming.
		Barentsburg also has two swimming pools and some other assorted sports facilities.
	www.nordictravelguides.com /content/view/98/145 (281 words)

	Barentsburg, a Relic from the Past
		In Barentsburg, Norway, a place far beyond the northern polar circle where nothing happens for months, an event has occurred recently - a fairly important one for an arctic settlement since it concerns literally each of its near 700 inhabitants.
		Incidentally, everything in Barentsburg - the high-rise buildings, which never fail to amaze Norwegian tourists; the sports complex with a swimming pool, and the coal wharf - was built in the postwar period, when the country was reconstructing what had been destroyed during the Nazi invasion.
		In September 1943, the Nazi battleships Tirpitz and Scharnhorst bombarded Barentsburg at point-blank range, razing it to the ground.
	www.mignews.com.ua /en/articles_print/169023.html (1139 words)

	Grønfjord-Colesdalen-Grumantbyen
		This fault caused difficulties for the Russian mine in Grumantbyen, which was one of the reasons for closing the mine in 1962.
		In Barentsburg, mining of the coal which is mined several hundred metres below sea level is continued until today.
		At Finneset south of Barentsburg, there was a whaling station in the early 20th century, which featured a radio station for communication with the mainland.
	www.spitzbergen.de /HTML-Dateien/Spitsbergen_E/E_Gronfjord-Colesdalen-Grumantbyen.htm (833 words)

	LASHIPA Second field campaign on Svalbard 2005, searching for remains of the Dutch coal-mining company NESPICO
		Therefore, the Barentsburg mine was closed in 1926 and in 1932 it was sold to Trust Arktikugol.
		In present day Barentsburg, several known and previously unknown remains from the NESPICO mining town where found - house foundations, mine entrances, parts of the transportation system and the coal storage.
		In 2005, the remains from the Dutch Barentsburg are few but the structure of the settlement is still based on the mining facilities built in the 1920's.
	www.let.rug.nl /arctic/lashipa_web/lashipa_2.html (1963 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Cold War haunts Arctic outpost
		Walking through the endless passageways of Barentsburg's coal mine, it is easy to imagine that not much has changed here since the Soviet Union collapsed 15 years ago.
		But for many miners in the Soviet Union, a trip to Barentsburg was a great opportunity.
		For Boris Ocherednyuk, the contrast with the stark environment of Barentsburg is impossible to ignore.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/6204427.stm (694 words)

	LEXPRESS.fr - L'exception norvégienne - Spitzberg: glaciale cohabitation - L'Express
		Barentsburg la russe n'est pas, loin s'en faut, la seule originalité du Spitzberg, dont le statut politique constitue en soi une curiosité.
		Et implante une colonie à Barentsburg, à 40 kilomètres de la «capitale» norvégienne Longyearbyen, également vouée à l'extraction du charbon.
		Les réserves de charbon de Barentsburg touchent à leur fin et seront épuisées d'ici à dix ans.
	www.lexpress.fr /info/monde/dossier/norvege/dossier.asp?ida=430792 (1341 words)

	Overleg gebruiker:Hardscarf - Wikipedia
		In het Nederlands wordt Barentsburg met een z gespeld: Barentszburg.
		Prima, maar zet er dan wel graag bij dat in de rest van de wereld (misschien uit gemakzucht en uit het oogpunt van leesbaarheid: de plaats werd ten slotte Russisch daarna) de naam in andere talen als 'Barentsburg' wordt geschreven.
		Even omtrent Barentsburg weer (ik ken ook geen ander manier van spellen :) - het is een russische nederzetting op Noors grondgebied.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Overleg_gebruiker:Hardscarf (4745 words)

	Barentsburg Pier - Europe for Cruisers
		Barentsburg is the second-largest community in Svalbard with about 800 mostly Russian and Ukrainian residents.
		The settlement owes its current existence to the Svalbard Treaty, which--among other things--gives all signators the right to exploit resources (including coal) in the Arctic territory of Svalbard.
		At last report, Barentsburg was the only Russian mine still operating in Svalbard; the Grumant mine shut down in 1961, and Pyramide ceased operations in 1998.
	europeforvisitors.com /cruises/photos/nordstjernen/spitsbergen-cruise-photos-barentsburg-23.htm (146 words)

	Shocking Barentsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The most characteristic landscape of Barentsburg is typical communist buildings, which are reminiscent of mainland Russia or other former communist countries.
		This small coalmine town, Barentsburg, was the most impressive place among those I have ever visited.
		The tour from Longyearbyen (the capital of Svalbard) to Barentsburg is a bit pricey (NOK920 or US$150 at the time of writing) but it's worth it.
	www.manji.com /archives/e/2004/09/shocking_barent.html (343 words)

	Teleavisen AS - Mobil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I Barentsburg: Dekningsdirektør Bjørn Amundsen i Telenor Mobil er svært fornøyd med bedret dekning.
		Telenor Mobil åpnet nylig en GSM basestasjon ved det russiske gruvesamfunnet Barentsburg på Svalbard, noe som gir kraftig forbedret dekning i området. Nå kan cruiseskipturister, andre båtturister, folk i fritidsbåter og mannskap om bord i fiskefartøyer glede seg over GSM-dekning langs kysten mellom Longyearbyen og Barentsburg.
		Den nye basestasjonen kommer også alle besøkende i Barentsburg til gode, enten du kommer til lands med snøscooter om vinteren eller til vanns med båt om sommeren.
	www.teleavisen.no /default.asp?page=1&article=13485 (540 words)

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