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	UFO.Whipnet.org \| UFO \| Crash \| Spitzbergen, Norway
		In the early 1950s, rumors began circulating that a crashed UFO had been recovered on the Norwegian-owned island of Spitzbergen., or Spitsbergen, is one of a group of islands called Svalbard, which have been Norwegian possessions since the 1920s.
		She claimed that someone in the upper echelon of the British government informed her that a UFO had crashed near Spitzbergen, and was under investigation by the British and American military.
		The later German newspaper stories seem to have confused the Spitzbergen story with another purported UFO crash that was supposed to have occured on the North Sea Island of Helgoland (Heligoland), a German possession.
	ufo.whipnet.org /xdocs/spitzbergen (2055 words)

	The Legends of UFO Crashes at Spitzbergen, Norway, 1946 & 1952-UFO Casebook Files
		The Legends of UFO Crashes at Spitzbergen, Norway, 1946 & 1952
		Some investigators claim that since no mention of the name Spitzbergen was found in the reports, that the location's mention was to cover up a crash in Great Britain.
		According to the first article about the crash, the craft was an unmanned, remote-controlled vehicle with Russian writing on the controls, but as the story was embroidered with each retelling, it soon acquired seven alien crewmen who were burned to death in the crash.
	www.ufocasebook.com /spitzbergencrash.html (707 words)

	PRINOTH T4S: Snow Groomer — Bus — Sled to Spitzbergen
		The fact that necessity is the mother of invention is shown in an unusual sled team in Europe’s frosty north: A luxury bus in Spitzbergen, an island on the pack-ice border in the polar sea, is drawn by a T4S from PRINOTH though difficult glacial ice.
		The Norwegian island of Spitzbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago on the pack-ice border is a well-known destination for Scandinavian adventurers and polar sea travellers.
		Hence, in the future, Trond Solbakk — the owner of “Svalbard Taxi” on Spitzbergen, will invite his passengers into a snow groomer - bus - sled, a mode of transportation that is entirely in tune with the adventuresome attitudes of the future passengers.
	www.ropeways.net /programm/seite.php?wert=798 (339 words)

	Sporting in Spitzbergen, 1861 - Page 1 - ExploreNorth
		Thus, apropos of an old battered opera-glass with which he was watching the movements of a white bear in Spitzbergen, he mentions some of the sights which that optical instrument has seen in its day.
		She had, moreover, been the previous summer on a Spitzbergen trip, and was thoroughly impregnated with the odors of putrid walrus-oil and stale bilge-water.
		The great Spitzbergen seal - the Phoca barbata of naturalists - is an unwieldy creature some nine or ten feet long and six or seven in circumference, weighing about six hundred pounds, of which half is made up of skin and fat.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/weekly/aa032201a.htm (1853 words)

	Birds - Photos in Spitzbergen
		Spitzbergen has some of the largest concentration of birds (hundreds of thousands) of Northern Atlantic.
		Most of the birds are migratory, spending the winter at the Barents Sea, in Norway or on the continent.
		The Svalbard Ptarmigan, which is subspecies of the Ptarmigan is the only bird that stays at Spitzbergen throughout the winter.
	www.svalbard-images.com /spitzbergen/birds-a.php (161 words)

	Antarctic, Patagonia, Cape Horn, Tierra Del Fuego, South Georgia Expeditions, VICTORY ADVENTURE TRAVEL
		During the 17th and 18th century hundreds of Dutch and Frisian ships travelled the seas around Spitzbergen to hunt the vast amount of whales and walruses which Willem Barentz had mentioned on his return.
		From the end of May until September there is a period in which the coast of Spitzbergen is more or less clear of ice, this is because of the warm Gulf stream coming from the Atlantic Ocean.
		Spitzbergen is one of the last real wildernesses in Europe.
	www.victory-cruises.com /spitzbergen_oosterschelde.html (1548 words)

	Spitzbergen - Wikipedia
		Spitzbergen (norwegisch: Spitsbergen) ist eine zu Norwegen gehörende Insel des Svalbard-Archipels zwischen dem Nordatlantik und dem Arktischen Ozean, die eine Gesamtfläche von 61.723 km² hat.
		Auf Spitzbergen befindet sich auch ein Raketenstartplatz (SvalRak).
		Ein geographischer Reisebegleiter für Spitzbergen und Ostgrönland (68-74°N).
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spitzbergen (382 words)

	Spitzbergen
		Spitzbergen is a group of mountainous islands in the Arctic Ocean some 360 miles north of Norway.
		Tokens are issued which are minted in Leningrad for use by the company in Spitzbergen.
		Gorgeous brass coin in brilliant uncirculated condition with marvelous red, blue and blue/gray toning, especially on the obverse.
	www.bearscoinshop.com /html/spitzbergen.html (200 words)

	Legend Of The Spitzbergen UFO Crash Of 1946
		One of these cases is the alleged Spitzbergen, Norway crash of 1946.
		Some investigators claim that since no mention of the name Spitzbergen was found in the reports, that the location was mentioned to cover up a UFO crash in Great Britain.
		The last hope of further research into the Norwegian mystery died along with her, as her sources were never verified.
	www.rense.com /general74/leg.htm (599 words)

	Spitzbergen West - Photos
		Longyearbyen (1600 inhabitants) and Barentsburg (1000 inhabitants) in Isfjord Bay, and Ny-Alesund (100 inhabitants) are the three principal communities of Spitzbergen and Svalbard.
		The Norwegian state-owned coal company employs nearly 60% of the Norwegian population of Spitzbergen, runs many of the local services, and provides most of the local infrastructure.
		Some glaciers in Spitzbergen and Svalbard from time to time advance with extraordinary high velocity, up to several kilometers during 3-6 years (surge).
	www.svalbard-images.com /spitzbergen (143 words)

	Spitzbergen
		The flight to Oslo took about 2 hours and we were there in time for the first meeting of the group, for dinner at 7pm followed by a briefing.
		We reached the Longvearbyen airport on Spitzbergen at about 2pm and by 4pm 48 nature photographers were already gathered on the Russian ship "Professor Molchanov", a ship that was used for research and then rebuilt.
		As far as lenses were concerned, there was a 4.0/600mm, about 20 4.0/500 mm and another 20 had the relatively new 80/100-400 mm zoom lenses.
	www.poelking.com /wbuch2/spitzbergen/e-spitzbergen.htm (1978 words)

	SPITZBERGEN BY DOGSLED AND SNOWMOBILE
		Spitzbergen is the king of Arctic destinations - nowhere else in Europe is so far north, so rugged and so spectacularly remote.
		Polar bear sightings are not uncommon near the boat, and at all times we need to keep our eyes peeled for these magnificent but potentially dangerous animals.
		Spitzbergen is also an excellent place to see Northern Lights at their most spectacular.
	www.exodus.co.uk /holidays/cnz.html (364 words)

	GZtext
		While other adventurers were struggling to gain a mile or two more over the surface towards attainment of the North Pole, a Swedish Engineer, Salomon August Andrée, announced elaborate, and well-publicized, plans for flying to the North Pole in a hydrogen-filled balloon.
		The suggestion that Zeppelin airships might be useful for polar exploration was passed to Zeppelin from the Norwegian explorer and statesman Fridtjof Nansen who had followed closely the accounts of the Andrée and Wellman flights.
		crashed on the ice north of Spitzbergen on the return from a claimed attainment of the North Pole and sparked a massive international air-sea rescue operation to which five countries sent airplanes and pilots.
	home.att.net /~bgrhodes/GZtext.html (1066 words)

	Expedition to the Arctic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is a journal, kept by Paul and Rosemarie Birman, recording an expedition to the high arctic (Svalbard - Spitzbergen) during July 2000.
		At first we attempted to go up Spitzbergen’s eastern coast but were stopped by heavy pack ice.
		The western shore proved ice free, owing to the effect of the Gulf Stream and the ship was able to travel the entire length of the Svalbard archipelago (Spitzbergen is the main island) to the edge of the pack ice above 80 degrees latitude, where polar bears roam.
	pweb.netcom.com /~pbirman/spitzbergen/expedition.htm (283 words)

	RIA Novosti - Opinion & analysis - Fishing in the waters off Spitzbergen
		The Polar Research Institute of Sea Fisheries and Oceanography has established that the amount of fish caught in the Spitzbergen area is twice as high as the declared legal catch.
		For several centuries Spitzbergen and its ownership was of no interest to anyone.
		It was only by the 1920s that the hydrocarbon reserves found on Spitzbergen revived the interest of the adjacent powers in the area.
	en.rian.ru /analysis/20051202/42291540.html (1013 words)

	Spitzbergen - Sea Kayaking Adventure to the Kingdo
		With its rugged mountains, sweeping tundra, ice caps and glaciers, it is a true High Arctic archipelago.
		The “Noorderlicht” was originally built in 1910 in Flensburg, Germany and is seaworthy for all seven seas.
		The arctic coastline of Spitzbergen offers some of the finest scenery, most interesting historic and prehistoric sites and best wildlife experiences you’ll find anywhere in the world.
	www.explorerscorner.com /pages.cfm?pageID=162 (307 words)

	Spitzbergen Cruise Mail 1890-1914 by Pat Adams, Alan Totten & Peter Williams published by the Scandinavia Philatelic ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Spitzbergen Cruise Mail 1890-1914 by Pat Adams, Alan Totten & Peter Williams published by the Scandinavia Philatelic Society
		All the etiquettes are illustrated, described and discussed in detail and the cachets listed and illustrated.
		Tables, based on items recorded by the authors, show the post offices cancelling Spitzbergen cruise mail during the period, the destinations and the number of each cachet type.
	www.norphil.co.uk /articles/Spitzbergen.htm (201 words)

	Spitzbergen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Der Name "Spitzbergen" wurde der Inselgruppe von Willem Barents gegeben, in Erinnerung an die "spitzen Berge" an der Westküste.
		The name "Spitzbergen" was awarded to the archipelago by Willem Barents to remember the "pointy mountains" on the western coast.
		Nowadays there is in use this name only for the largest of the islands.
	www.flaggenlexikon.de /fnorwsvb.htm (193 words)

	Montes Spitzbergen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Montes Spitzbergen (latin for "Spitzbergen Mountains") is a solitary mountain chain in the eastern Mare Imbrium of the Moon.
		They are located about a crater diameter to the north of the prominent, flooded Archimedes crater.
		This range was so named by Mary Blagg for their resemblance to the jagged terrestrial mountains of Spitzbergen island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montes_Spitzbergen (157 words)

	Scubapro Spitzbergen - £499.00 - Tony Backhurst
		SCUBAPRO neoprene drysuit avoids that situation with Hi Density compressed foam neoprene.
		The SCUBAPRO Spitzbergen Neoprene drysuit features 4mm Hi Density compressed neoprene with a Nylon lining and tough abrasion resistant special weave nylon fabric exterior.
		The Hi Density neoprene is pre-compressed, resulting in a dense foam that is less susceptible to compression and crushing under the high pressures found at depth.
	shop.scuba.co.uk /ProductDetails/mcs/productID/336 (156 words)

	Weather War Page 3
		Uncertain of the new German locations on Spitzbergen
		A company of Free Norwegian ski troops was landed on Spitzbergen
		Caught by German Fw-200 Condors while unloading, the Norwegians lost both their transports; their commander, a Capt. Sverdrup, was killed and several other men were wounded.
	www.srh.noaa.gov /ohx/educate/atc/ww3.htm (632 words)

	Spitzbergen (Svalbard) photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Adult Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea in Longyear harbour, Spitzbergen (Norway), July 7th 2000
		Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus hyperboreus on Longyear postoffice, Spitzbergen (Norway), July 7th 2000
		Spitzbergen Grouse Lagopus mutus hyperboreus near Longyear town, Spitzbergen (Norway), July 7th 2000
	www.tommy777.addr.com /Spitzbergen-photos.htm (72 words)

	Spitzbergen coins - money / coins of Spitzbergen for sale.
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	www.wcoins.com /Spitzbergen.htm (81 words)

	Spitzbergen Luxury Holiday brochures
		Order free holiday brochures and find holiday ideas for Spitzbergen, Norway
		Complete luxury holiday brochure list for Spitzbergen, Norway
		Click here for company registration numbers, address and telephone.
	www.holidaywizard.co.uk /countries/Norway/Luxury/Spitzbergen.htm (113 words)

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		Marvel at the waterfalls on your way to Geiranger, perched at the very end of an impressive fjord.
		Cruise off the coast of Spitzbergen to spy calving glaciers and abundant wildlife, including reindeer, white whales, and polar bears.
		Revel in Tromso's sidewalk cafes and summer art festival.
	www.vacationoutlet.com /cruise/C-L14V74I846705-200679.jsp (467 words)

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