Editing Jan Mayen (section)

==Society==
=== Demography ===
[[File:Jan mayen-station hg.jpg|thumb|[[Olonkinbyen]] in August]]
The only inhabitants on the island are personnel working for the Norwegian Armed Forces and the [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]. Eighteen people spend the winter on the island, but the [[population]] may roughly double (35) during the summer, when heavy maintenance is performed. Personnel serve either six months or one year and are exchanged twice a year in April and October. The support crew, including mechanics, cooks, and a nurse, are among the military personnel. The military personnel operated a [[Loran-C]] [[LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen|base]] until it closed at the end of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loran-history.info/jan_mayen/jan_mayen.htm |title=Loran Station Jan Mayer |access-date=11 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014001413/http://www.loran-history.info/jan_mayen/jan_mayen.htm |archive-date=14 October 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.blv.no/bo/nyheter/vitenskap-og-teknologi/loran-c-er-historie/s/5-9-87539|title=Loran C er historie|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306225149/http://www.blv.no/bo/nyheter/vitenskap-og-teknologi/loran-c-er-historie/s/5-9-87539|archive-date=6 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Both the LORAN transmitter and the [[meteorological station]] are located a few kilometres away from the settlement [[Olonkinbyen]] (Olonkin Town), where all personnel live.

===Transport===
Transport to the island is provided by [[C-130 Hercules]] military transport planes operated by the [[Royal Norwegian Air Force]] which land at [[Jan Mayensfield]]'s gravel runway. The planes fly in from [[Bodø Main Air Station]] eight times a year. Since the airport does not have any instrument landing capabilities, good visibility is required, and it is not uncommon for the planes to have to return to [[Bodø Airport]], two hours away, without landing. For heavy goods, freight ships visit during the summer, but since there are no harbours, the ships must anchor. Tourists arrive with cruise ships which are allowed to bring passengers onshore if weather permits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/the-arctic/cruises/hds01d25-17-days-extensive-arctic-ocean-north-spitsbergen-explorer |title=17 Days Extensive Arctic Ocean - North Spitsbergen Explorer |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218213749/https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/the-arctic/cruises/hds01d25-17-days-extensive-arctic-ocean-north-spitsbergen-explorer |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Communication===
The island has no indigenous population but is assigned the [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] [[country code]] SJ (together with [[Svalbard]]). It uses the [[Internet]] country code [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) [[.no]] ([[.sj]] is allocated but not used)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/bv-sj.html |title=The .bv and .sj top level domains |access-date=11 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207215311/http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/bv-sj.html |archive-date=7 February 2009 }}</ref> and data code JN. Jan Mayen has telephone and internet connection over satellite, using Norwegian telephone numbers (country code 47). Its [[amateur radio]] [[call sign]] prefix is JX; the island is occasionally the venue for a [[DXpedition]]. It has a [[Postal codes in Norway|postal code]], NO-8099 JAN MAYEN, but delivery time varies, especially during the winter.

=== Business ===
There are no [[exploitable resources]] on Jan Mayen, except fish in the surrounding waters of the Island and gravel. The [[economic activity]] is limited to the operation of the station that is staffed by the Norwegian '''Cyberdefence''' and the '''Meteorological Agency of Norway'''. There has also been established a reference station for [[European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service|EGNOS]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tildelingsbrev 2022 Samfunnet Jan Mayen - Cyberforsvaret |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/fa1a9d7e73af4a9e8ebcdcb46e10ebf9/jan-mayen-endelig-l1702883.pdf |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Regjeringen.no |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313171445/https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/fa1a9d7e73af4a9e8ebcdcb46e10ebf9/jan-mayen-endelig-l1702883.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> There is also a reference station for the satellite navigation system [[Galileo (satellite navigation)|Galileo]] on Jan Mayen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-13 |title=Regjeringen sier ja til Galileo på Jan Mayen |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Kyy9e/regjeringen-sier-ja-til-galileo-paa-jan-mayen |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=www.aftenposten.no |language=nb |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313171447/https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Kyy9e/regjeringen-sier-ja-til-galileo-paa-jan-mayen |url-status=live }}</ref> There was also an earlier Jan Mayen [[Loran-C|LORAN-C]] [[Transmitter]], but the [[transmitter]] is now decommissioned and demolished.

President [[Donald Trump]] announced a 10% [[Tariffs in the second Trump administration|tariff]] on Jan Mayen on 2 April 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lendon |first1=Brad |title=An uninhabited island, a military base and a ‘desolate’ former whaling station. Trump’s tariffs include unlikely targets |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/03/business/trump-tariffs-uninhabited-islands-intl-hnk/index.html |work=CNN |date=3 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Jan Mayen Radio ===
Jan Mayen Radio was a Norwegian coastal radio station on Jan Mayen. The first [[radiostation]] was built in 1921 on a part of the island called "Eldsmetten - Norwegian" on the eastern side of the Island. The radiostation consisted of a 3&nbsp;kW [[Telefunken]] [[spark-gap transmitter]] and a {{cvt|55|m|ft}} wooden radiomast. The station was destroyed by Norwegian forces in September 1940, and the crew was sent to [[Iceland]].

In 1941 a new [[radiostation]] was constructed on the western side of the island, it was moved to a [[plateau]] above. In 1962 this station was again moved to "Helenesanden - Norwegian" about {{cvt|3|km}} north from the [[Norwegian Armed Forces|Norwegian army]]'s [[LORAN]]-station.

In 1984 the station was moved to the Norwegian army's station. In 1989 there was an [[VHF]]-receiver installed, and later in October 1994 the local control of the radio station was terminated. Before the local control was terminated a MF-Digital-[[Selcall]]-receiver was installed and controlled remotely from Bodø-Radio.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-10-24 |title=JAN MAYEN HOMESITE, EDITED BY THE JAN MAYEN CREW |url=http://www.jan-mayen.no/kystradi.htm |access-date=2024-01-30 |archive-date=24 October 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051024073646/http://www.jan-mayen.no/kystradi.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The station is still (Jan 2024) controlled remotely via [[satellite]], but can be taken in local control by a disconnection against Eik Satellite Earth Station in [[Rogaland]] [[Norway]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Jan Mayen radio |date=2022-05-05 |url=https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jan_Mayen_radio&oldid=22556605 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-03-13 |language=nb |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209120856/https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jan_Mayen_radio&oldid=22556605 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Telenor Kystradio |url=https://www.kystradio.no/s/article/Infrastruktur?language=no |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=www.kystradio.no |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313171447/https://www.kystradio.no/s/article/Infrastruktur?language=no |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Nyheter |first=Jan Mayen |title=Nordlys og navigasjonssystem på Jan Mayen « Jan Mayen |url=https://jan.mayen.no/nyheter/nordlys-og-navigasjonssystem-pa-jan-mayen/ |access-date=2023-03-13 |language=nb-NO |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313171457/https://jan.mayen.no/nyheter/nordlys-og-navigasjonssystem-pa-jan-mayen/ |url-status=live }}</ref>