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Blomdahl, who lives in Svalbard’s largest city of Longyearbyen, is one of about 2,500 residents in the region. Here, colorful ...

After today, the sun will set in Longyearbyen in Norway and will not rise again until almost midday in mid-February 2025.

Eight years into living in Longyearbyen, on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, I embrace the seasonal plunge into total ...

A seasoned British tourist travelled to the 'most northerly settlement on Earth' where he splashed out £230 per night to take ...

Two-thirds of the world's food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, ...

Svalbard is a key origin point for Arctic cruises, where trips have doubled since 2016. Climate change is melting ice more ...

Deep inside the Arctic Circle, the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is home to the world's northernmost permanent settlement, Longyearbyen, which is estimated to be heating at six times the ...

Cloudy with a high of 21 °F (-6.1 °C) and a 42% chance of precipitation. Winds from SSW to S at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 6 to 11 mph (9.7 to 17.7 kph ...

Approximately 70,000 people visited Longyearbyen by ship during 2023, ranging from small expedition vessels to large cruise ships. According to the newly-formed Svalbard Cruise Forum, the 2023 ...

Although tourism is of growing importance to the remote settlement, many locals in Longyearbyen are frustrated at the increasing size of cruise ships arriving in the town, some of which carry more ...

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