The Svalbard Archipelago

American Military and Political Geographies of Spitsbergen and Other Norwegian Polar Territories, 1941-1950
Herausgeber: Capelotti, P. J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Norway's Spitsbergen Archipelago, known as Svalbard to the Norwegians, is of increasing interest to Arctic scholars and geographers, as well as to military historians and analysts of strategy. It was the farthest northern battleground between German and Allied forces in World War II; it became a political arena for Soviet and U.S. competition during the Cold War; it is now a field of conflict for fishing rights and cultural resource protection; and it serves as a laboratory for the study of global warming. This unique island group occupies a fascinating place in European, Russian, and American affairs. Here, for the first time, is the complete report compiled by U.S. Intelligence at the beginning of World War II evaluating the islands both geographically and militarily, as well as a report on the archipelago produced by the CIA in 1950. This comprehensive report--never superseded in the years since--has been edited and introduced by P.J. Capelotti. It provides in great detail the American perspective on these islands and their strategic, economic, and geologic value. Maps and illustrations are included, some from the original report, some new. A glossary covers Arctic terms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780786407590
• ISBN-10: 078640759X
• Artikelnr.: 22008501

Autorenporträt

P.J. Capelotti is assistant professor of archaeology and American studies at Penn State University's Abington College in Abington, Pennsylvania. His research centers on the history of Arctic exploration and on the archaeology of human expansion into space.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations     
List of Maps Appearing in the Original Report     
Introduction     
The U.S. Military Intelligence Special Study of Svalbard and Other
Norwegian Possessions, 1942     
Part I: Spitsbergen and Bear Island (Svalbard)     
Part II: Jan Mayen Island     
Part III: Norwegian Antarctic Possessions     
Illustrations and Maps     
Appendix I: Summary of Geographic Conditions by Islands     
*Appendix II: Ports and Harbors     
Appendix III: The Spitsbergen Operation, August-September, 1941     
Appendix IV: Adventures in Spitsbergen, 1942     
Appendix V: Radio Stations Located in the Outlying Possessions of
Norway     
*Appendix II in the original report consisted of a collection of weather
charts. Because the large size and poor quality of these charts prevents
their reproduction here, the original Appendix II has been dropped, and the
remaining appendices have been renumbered.
Spitsbergen: A Report Prepared by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and
Published 26 June 1950     
Glossary of Geographical Terms     
Bibliography     
Index