The remains of ovens used to boil whale blubber in Smeerenburg, a 17th-century Dutch whaling station on Amsterdam Island.
The archaeology of Svalbard is the study of human activity in the northerly Arctic Ocean archipelago's past. The geography, environment and climate of Svalbard have resulted in exceptional preservation conditions.[1] (But rapid climate change – with a now warmer and more humid environment – is causing damage.)[2] Archaeological fieldwork on Svalbard is both expensive and physically exhausting, but new technology and infrastructure has allowed easier access. This easier access has also resulted in more damage caused by tourists.[3]
Rather than being managed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage as standard in most of Norway, the Governor of Svalbard is responsible for all historical sites and all archaeological work on Svalbard, much as the Sami Parliament is responsible for managing Sami-related cultural heritage. All cultural heritage sites or objects originating from 1946 or before are automatically protected by law, a rule applying to all types of remains.[4]
^Robinson, Clare H.; Wookey, Phillip A. (1997). Woodin, Sarah J.; Marquiss, Mick (eds.). Ecology of Arctic Environments: 13th Special Symposium of the British Ecological Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 50. ISBN 052-183-998-X.
^Kaslegard, Anne S. (2011). Climate Change and Cultural Heritage in the Nordic Countries. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 15. ISBN 978-928-932-195-2.
^Roura, Ricardo Mariano (2011). The Footprint of Polar Tourism: Tourist Behaviour at Cultural Heritage Sites in Antarctica and Svalbard. Groningen: Barkhuis Publishing. pp. 215–218. ISBN 978-907-792-287-3.
^"Management of Svalbard" (PDF). www.unis.no. University Centre in Svalbard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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