YOU WONT BELIEVE: Longyearbyen - What They Never Told You

Polar bears, melting glaciers – and a blues festival: my wild week on Svalbard

It’s one of the world’s northernmost communities, but as well as profound natural beauty at its heart is a lively hub full of Norwegian cheer

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2024

Barentsburg: the Norwegian town feeling the chill of the Ukraine war

Relations sour between Svalbard town’s Russian and Ukrainian communities while local tourism company is accused of being ‘arm of the Russian state’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023

Norway's last Arctic miners struggle with coal mine's end

For more than 100 years, people came to the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to work in coal mines

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023