How Norway became an Arctic Superpower

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Norway controls the entire Scandinavian Arctic coastline and a number of Arctic and Antarctic islands, including the strategically located Svalbard peninsula. Part of the modern identity of Norway as an Arctic nation originates from a golden age of Arctic exploration that coincided with Norway's rebirth as a nation, fully independent from Sweden.

TRANSCRIPT + SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x...

FURTHER READING:

The role of the polar explorer in the Norwegian identity ():
https://www.academia.edu/49025936/The...

Managing the Arctic – a Norwegian Perspective (Harvard):
https://hir.harvard.edu/managing-the-...

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