Smeerenberg, Svalbard. Expedition cruise vessel Greg Mortimer in Svalbard archipelago, Arctic Norway. Smeerenburg was a whaling settlement on Amsterd
Smeerenberg, Svalbard. Expedition cruise vessel Greg Mortimer in Svalbard archipelago, Arctic Norway. Smeerenburg was a whaling settlement on Amsterdam Island in northwest Svalbard. It was founded by the Danish and Dutch in 1619 as one of Europe's northernmost outposts. With the local bowhead whale population soon decimated and whaling developed into a pelagic industry, Smeerenburg was abandoned about 1660. During the first intensive phase of the Spitsbergen whale fishery, Smeerenburg served as the centre of operations in the north. The name Smeerenburg is a Dutch word literally meaning "blubber town
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