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Many Thai women settled this archipelago after the Asian financial crisis, since it became a visa-free zone in a 1920 treaty that led to its current crab fishing dispute with Latvia. In 1963, a Labour Party lost power after mining deaths on this archipelago’s (10[1])Kings Bay, where research (10[1])facilities honor Umberto Nobile (“oom-BAIR-toh NO-bee-lay”). GitHub stores code (10[1])at this archipelago’s (10[3])World (10[1])Archive. After 1613, Basque flensers (10[1])docked at this archipelago’s colony of Smeerenburg north of Albert I (“the first”) Land. It’s not in Russia, (10[1])but museums showcase (10[1])this archipelago’s Pomor trade (10[1])in the Soviet town of Pyramiden and (10[1])a hamlet (10[1])named for the Dutch explorer who reached it before Novaya Zemlya, (10[1])Willem Barentsz. (10[1]-5[1])This archipelago’s capital, the world’s fastest-warming town, hosts the Global Seed Vault. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])J. M. Longyear’s Arctic Coal Company mined what northern realm of Norway? ■END■ (10[1])

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