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 Kings Bay, where research facilities honor Umberto Nobile (“oom-BAIR-toh NO-bee-lay”). GitHub stores code at this archipelago’s World Archive. After 1613, Basque flensers docked at this archipelago’s colony of Smeerenburg north of Albert I (“the first”) Land. It’s not in Russia, but museums showcase this archipelago’s Pomor trade in the Soviet town of Pyramiden and a hamlet named for the Dutch explorer who reached it before Novaya Zemlya, Willem Barentsz. This archipelago’s capital, the world’s fastest-warming town, hosts the Global Seed Vault. For 10 points, J. M. Longyear’s Arctic Coal Company mined what northern realm of Norway? ■END■
ANSWER: Svalbard [or Spitsbergen; accept Svalbard Global Seed Vault or Svalbard globale frøhvelv; accept Svalbard Treaty or Spitsbergen Treaty] (The “Kings Bay affair” occurred in Ny-Ålesund. The Noordsche Compagnie settled Smeerenburg.)
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