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Who would most likely settle Jan Mayen?

Why would Jan Mayen be settled?

How large could Jan Mayen's permanent and Jan Mayen's temporary population be numerically?

How would Jan Mayen society likely develop?
Your take?

One feature might be that Jan Mayen's population increases during the season for marine harvests. Permanent inhabitants might specialise in hosting the temporary inhabitants.
Consequences of Jan Mayen having a permanent settlement
1. Jan Mayen would not be re-discovered by later European explorers, but instead have a more indiginous history of discovery.
2. Jan Mayen would have a known name. Therefore later explorers, whalers, etc would not try to give names to the island beside nicknames.

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mayen
http://jan.mayen.no
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