Talk:Barentsburg

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The article says "coal mining has always been unprofitable" -- surely this isn't literally true or else the coal wouldn't be mined in the first place. Tlogmer 13:49, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's all relative. The Russians mine only a little coal, use many miners and support staff to do that, BUT the expenses are in roubles and the income is in Euro/Krona/Dollars. It's like sending tourists in orbit for only 20m dollars. The Russians will put prodigeous effort in getting very few dollars. Feel free to change the article, but if you put it as profitable, you should explain why. Cheers, Vincent 22:14, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When, or in what year was this colony established? Dr. Dan 22:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Time zone incorrect?

The infobox mentions a time zone of "CET(UTC+2)". I don't think this can possibly be correct. CET is UTC+1, not +2. So if I'm not mistaken it should either be UTC+2 (Kaliningrad time) or "CET (UTC+1)" (as is the rest of the archipelago). In the latter case, wouldn't that also mean that Russia actually has 12 time zones rather than 11 (as mentioned on Time in Russia, Time zones by country and Time zone#Additional_information)? Skysmurf (talk) 20:44, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As Barentsburg is part of Norway, I would have though it followed the same time as the rest of the archipelago. As for the number of time zones in Russia, remember that Barentsburg is a Russian settlement in Norway. Norwegian law applies (the limited amount of law that applies on Svalbard), but Norwegian authorities cannot deny Russia (or any other country) from establishing a settlement on the archipelago. So Russia still has 11 zones, since Barentsburg isn't part of Russia. Arsenikk ^(talk) 21:28, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for clearing up the Norway-Russia issue. Now, all that's left is figuring out whether whoever wrote "CET (UTC+2)" meant CET (=UTC+1) or UTC+2. The former seems much more plausible, but so far I haven't been able to find a good source. Skysmurf (talk) 21:54, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Recent blockade in 2022

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This is also interesting in HOW goods are delivered. Perhaps someone who knows can extend the article and add more images from the area. That way we people who were never there understand the dilemma a bit better. 2A02:8388:1600:A200:A271:DF4A:C9F9:37E5 (talk) 19:19, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]