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Hopen Svalbard
Hopen has a fantastic and rugged nature with a lot of history. It has a lot of bird life and the arctic fox thrives with the polar bears. The sea ice surrounds the island for much of the year and is therefore quite inaccessible.
It is located in the Barents Sea 215 kilometers east of the southern tip of Spitsbergen and 100 kilometers southeast of Edgeøya, the position is 76.3° N and 25.01° E. The island are 33 kilometers long and 0.6–2.5 kilometers wide. The area is 47 square kilometers.
HOPEN
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SVALBARD
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ARCTIC FOXES
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POLAR BEARS
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ARCTIC BIRDS
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HOPEN ✳︎ SVALBARD ✳︎ NORWAY ✳︎ ARCTIC FOXES ✳︎ POLAR BEARS ✳︎ ARCTIC BIRDS ✳︎
Hopen Svalbard
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Map: Norwegian Polar Institute
Hopen is a deserted island in the Arctic Ocean that is part of the Barents Sea. There is only one station from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute there that has some welfare cabins, as well as some old trappers' cabins that trappers have set up many years ago. The station is staffed by only four people and Svenn Erik Høylie was the technician there for six months in 2020.
The Met Station “Hopen Radio”
Hopen Meteorological Station is operated by the Meteorological Institute in Tromsø.
