Freemansundet
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Freemansundet is the sound separating Barentsøya to the north from Edgeøya to the south. It is named after Alderman Ralph Freeman, who was involved in the English whaling trade in the early 17th century.
[edit] References
- Conway, W. M. 1906. No Man’s Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. Cambridge: At the University Press.
- Norwegian Polar Institute Place Names of Svalbard Database
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