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Svalbard and Jan Mayen is a statistical designation defined by ISO 3166-1 of two parts of Norway located in the Arctic Ocean under separate jurisdictions: Svalbard and Jan Mayen. While the two are combined for the purposes of the ISO category, they are not administratively related. While the arctic archipelago of Svalbard is under the full sovereignty of Norway, it has a special status recognized by the Svalbard Treaty, resulting in certain obligations and some differences in administration and international agreements by the Norwegian government. For instance, Svalbard is not covered by the Schengen Agreement, which applies to the rest of Norway (including Jan Mayen). Immigrants may also work and live in Svalbard without a visa. Svalbard is administered by a governor reporting to the Norwegian Minister of Justice. The remote island of Jan Mayen is an integrated territory of Norway, and it has none of the special considerations applicable to Svalbard. From 1930 to 1994 it was administered by the governor of Svalbard, and since 1995 it has been administered from the mainland by the county governor of Nordland. Therefore, Jan Mayen does not have any immediate geographic (with the two territories about 1,000 km apart) or otherwise administrative connection to Svalbard.

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The Governor of Svalbard

The Governor of Svalbard

http://www.sysselmannen.svalbard.no/">The Governor of Svalbard

An Expedition to Beerenberg - Page 1 of 3
Facts, pictures and a nice hike to the top of the volcano.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/arctic_ocean/expedition.html

Beerenberg - Jan Mayen
Information about Beerenberg, a stratovolcano, is the northern-most active subaerial volcano on Earth
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/arctic_ocean/beerenberg.html

Beerenberg Volcano - Jan Mayen
Pictures of the northernmost active volcano on earth under its ice shield during a french scientific survey of the Beerenberg volcano.
http://geo.hmg.inpg.fr/caplain/janmayen/

Bjerrang, Mathias
Personal homepage. Information about the Bjerrang family, hobbies and polar expeditions. Webcams. (Some of the information is in Norwegian.)
http://home.online.no/~polar-ps/

CIA - The World Factbook: Jan Mayen
Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
http://home.online.no/~fredriks/janm/

Flag of Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Provides a flag for these 2 countries, among with useful information about them.
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/sj.html

Geomagnetic data
Geomagnetic data from the Auroral Observatory (Nordlysobservatoriet) Faculty of Science, University of Tromsø, Norway
http://geo.phys.uit.no/geomag.html

Jan Mayen
A personal collection of photographs of people, buildings, and natural features. (In English and Norwegian)
http://home.no.net/dagazo/

Jan Mayen, Norway Forecast
From Weather Underground
http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/01001.html

Lorsta Bø Norway
Information on the navigation system Loran-C, the broadcast stystem Eurofix, and the Norwegian stations, including the one on Jan-Mayen.
http://home.online.no/~loran-c/

Nordlysstasjonen in Adventdalen (The Auroral Station)
Information about the observatory, contact information, data from selected instruments (magnetometer, meridian scanning photometer, ebert-fastie spectrometers, meridian imaging spectrograph and all sky camera). Weather data from Adventdalen.
http://haldde.unis.no/

Nox Polaris DA
Offers planning assistance and organization of expeditions and media visits, guiding, journalistic work and tv-productions in the polar area.
http://www.nox.no/

Spitsbergen Travel and Hotel
Travel agency and tour operator located in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen. Accommodation, adventure tours, on-line booking. (Site in English and Norwegian.)
http://www.spitsbergentravel.no/eng_index.htm

Svalbard Images
Maps, photos and webcams of Spitsbergen and Svalbard.
http://www.svalbard-images.com/

Svalbard Snowmobilerental AS
Offers snowmobile safaris and snowmobile rental. On-line booking. (In English and Norwegian.)
http://www.scooterutleie.svalbard.no/

Svalbard, the Arctic pearl
Tourist information for the arctic archipelago Svalbard and Spitsbergen. Facts page, information about climate, flora, birds and animals.
http://www.svalbard.net/

SvalSat
Svalbard Satellite Station, Norwegian Space Centre. Facts, information about services, list of customers and image gallery.
http://www.svalsat.com/

The Svalbard Pages
Information and links related to the arctic archipelago Svalbard. Lists commercial companies, public services, tourist information, frequently asked questions and a picture gallery.
http://www.svalbard.com/

The Svalbard Pages - Weather links
Historical information from Statistics Norway and 24 hour real time temperature log.
http://www.svalbard.com/weather.html

The Svalbard Project
Documents Svalbard, its nature, wildlife and Arctic environment. English and Swedish languages.
http://www.svalbardproject.com

The University Courses on Svalbard (UNIS)
News and information about UNIS. Information about the university studies, course catalogue, rules of entry and application form. Research, staff, vacant positions, and library.
http://www.unis.no/

Torun Polar Station
A polar station located on north-western Spitsbergen owned by Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland. Publications, maps and photo gallery.
http://ww.umk.pl/~geopolar/stacja/english.htm

TravelGIS.com for Svalbard
Travel guide with intelligent maps and online reservation for hotels and airfare.
http://www.travelgis.com/default.asp?framesrc=/sv/

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