TY - JOUR N2 - In this article, Svalbard was presented as place and object of intensive scientific research, carried on under the rule of the 1920 Spitsbergen Treaty, which has transformed the archipelago into a unique political and legal entity, having no counterpart anywhere else in the world. Scientific activities in Svalbard are carried out within an uncommon legal framework, shaped by a body of instruments both of international law and domestic laws of Norway, as well as other countries concerned, while the Spitsbergen Treaty, in despite of its advanced age of 75 years, still remains a workable international instrument, fundamental to the maintenance of law and order within the whole Arctic region. In 1995 two important for Svalbard anniversaries were noted: on 9 February, 75 years of the signing of the Spitsbegren Treaty and on 14 August, 70 years of the Norwegian rule over the archipelago. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110973/PDF-MASTER/1995-1-2_013-035.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110973 PY - 1995 IS - No 1-2 EP - 35 KW - Arctic KW - Spitsbergen KW - scientific cooperation KW - law and politics A1 - Machowski, Jacek PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 16 DA - 1995 T1 - Scientific activities on Spitsbergen in the light of the international legal status of the archipelago SP - 13 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110973 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -