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unusual facts about Svalbard Airport, Longyear



Arktikugol

On 29 August 1996, the Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 en route to the Svalbard Airport, Longyear, with Arktikugol workers and their relatives aboard crashed into the mountain Operafjellet on Spitsbergen killing all 141 people on board.

John W. Longyear

Longyear was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 3rd congressional district to the 38th and 39th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1867.

Longyear

Longyearbyen, the largest settlement in Norway's Svalbard archipelago

Lyeth v. Hoey

The main purpose of the Longyear Foundation was to preserve "the records of the earthly life of Mary Baker Eddy," the founder of the Christian Science religion.


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