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Kruse, Frigga

Frozen Assets : British Mining, Exploration, and Geopolitics on Spitsbergen, 1904-53

2014 - Barkhuis

480 p.

  • The focus of this book is the role of Great Britain in the industrial development of Spitsbergen. The primary aim of this study is to explain the British operations on Spitsbergen from a historical international comparative perspective. Hence, the central research question is: What were the driving forces behind the development of the British mining industry on Spitsbergen between 1904 and 1953? [Publisher's text].
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