Time Difference
UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Travel Climate
arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year
Travel Currency
Norwegian krone (NOK)
Language Spoken
Norgwegian
Languages
Norwegian, Russian
Ethnic Groups
Norwegian 55.4%, Russian and Ukrainian 44.3%, other 0.3%
Geographic Coordinates
78 00 N, 20 00 E
Location
Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway
Airports
1