Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Geography - Maps, Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources, History, Modern - 20th Century
Condition: Good
Description: [A map of part of the Spitzbergen archipelago showing a land claim to an area on the south side of the Ice Fjord].
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Longyear Family
Date of Photo: 1903
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 21.3 cm x 15.8 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS031-01-09-02
Collection Name: Longyear Spitsbergen Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• Map of the south-west section of Spitsbergen. The grayed out section was the area of land claimed by the Trondhjem-Spitsbergen Kulkompagni in 1900, and bought by the Arctic Coal Company in 1905. This land became known as 'Tract 1' and was the center of the ACC's operations until 1916.
3/11/2008 9:32:05 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher