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Out in the cold, gray expanse of the Arctic Ocean, north of mainland Europe, is the remote Norwegian archipelago of Spitzbergen, now mostly known as Svalbard. It is a frigid, somewhat hostile domain once used as a base of operations for whalers and miners, with most of the land covered by glaciers and intersected by numerous fjords, and enveloped in a near eternal night during the frigid winter months. It is a sparsely inhabited, largely untouched and unspoiled realm of majestic natural beauty, and it is also the location of a series of very bizarre supposed UFO crashes.
The first of two supposed UFO crashes in the area of Spitzbergen supposedly begins in 1946, when a General James H. Doolittle was allegedly sent to the region by the Shell Oil Company for the purpose of investigating aerial phenomena in the area that were being called “ghost rockets.” Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen would then claim that a crashed UFO had been recovered in the area by the British and U.S. governments, claiming that sailors serving aboard the U.S.S. Alabama had told her that the mysterious craft had been recovered by Doolittle in Spitzbergen and whisked away to the U.S. for study. The story would basically end here, with her taking the truth to her grave when she died in 1965, but it would not be the last time something like this would be reported from the region.
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As noted in the white paper on Norway's Arctic policy (the High North Report), maritime activities in the High North are expected to increase due to:
improved accessibility resulting from melting sea ice;
the high potential for increased commercial exploitation of marine and offshore resources; and
the successful marketing of the Arctic as a tourist destination.
With increased activities comes an increased risk of accidents. The remoteness, cold temperatures and vulnerability of the environment causes challenges for emergency response, including:
search and rescue (SAR);
salvage and wreck removal.
These additional risks must be taken into account by those operating in the area.
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