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the extreme N. town of Europe; on the island of Kvalo, in the Norwegian province of Finmark, It is the rendezvous of the fishing fleets of the Kara sea and the waters along the Spitz bergen coasts. It imports coal, salt, hemp, flour, ete., in exchange for fish and fish-oil, with some reindeer hides, eider-down, and fox-skins. During the two summer months the sun is continually above the horizon. The winter is mild enough to allow of the fisheries being carried on.