Assertion: archipelago's island | /r/ObjectUse | used as base
Facets:
value: for the whalers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for arctic exploration
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: By the 1890s, Svalbard had become a destination for Arctic tourism, coal deposits had been found and the islands were being used as a base for Arctic exploration.
text: In 1793, James Colnett described the flora and fauna of Galápagos, and suggested the islands could be used as base for the whalers operating in the Pacific Ocean.