The CIA World Factbook Every edition, 1990 to 2024 Arctic Region
Environment - current issues Svalbard, in 34 editions.
The entry for Svalbard published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 4 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 4
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Environment” (1990 to 1996), “Environment - current issues” (1997 to 2024), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).
field in that editiontext changed from the edition beforenot in that editionthe edition shownChoose an edition on the strip beside the text, or step through them with the arrows. Mark changes compares it with the edition before: the marks are ours, words added and words removed.
1996 edition
Changed since 1995The same text in 4 editions, 1990 to 1993.
Published as “Environment”
great calving glaciers descend to the sea
great calving glaciers descend to the sea
The entry for Svalbard did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- NA
- natural hazards:
- ice floes often block up the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic
- international agreements:
- NA
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: NA
natural hazards: ice floes often block up the entrance to Bellsund (a
transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make
parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic
international agreements: NA
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- NA
- natural hazards:
- ice floes often block up the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic
- international agreements:
- NA
current issues: NA
natural hazards: ice floes often block up the entrance to Bellsund (a
(a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make
make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic
international agreements: NA
NA
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
NA
Published as “Environment-current issues”
NA
NA
Published as “Environment--current issues”
NA
NA
The same text in 17 editions, 2000 to 2016.
NA
NA
The same text in 8 editions, 2017 to 2024.
- ice floes are a maritime hazard;
- past exploitation of mammal species (whale, seal, walrus, and polar bear) severely depleted the populations,
- but a gradual recovery seems to be occurring
NA ice floes are a maritime hazard; past exploitation of mammal species (whale, seal, walrus, and polar bear) severely depleted the populations, but a gradual recovery seems to be occurring
No edition has those words. Try a shorter word.
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. “Svalbard: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/svalbard/environment-current-issues.