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1975 Norwegian King Olav V opens Longyearbyen Airport on Spitsbergen
1930 Remains of Solomon Andrees' balloon expedition to North Pole in 1897, found at Kvit oya Spitsbergen 1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean 1925 Norway annexes Spitsbergen 1925 Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole 1923 Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland 1897 Solomon Andree leaves Spitsbergen by balloon towards North Pole 1597 Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen and Bereneil), dies |
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