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Longyearbyen
Thecapital andmain town,
which is a surprisingly
cosmopolitan and
livelyplace
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Ny-Ålesund
Home to35-180 researchers
(dependingon the
season), it’s got theworld’s
northernmost post office
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Pyramiden
Russianmining town
abandonedon a singleday in
1998–now aneerie
ghost town
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MS Fram
If youwant to get round
Spitsbergen, take acruise
(spitsbergentravel.com,
hurtigruten.no)
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Nordaustlandet
14,443km
2
of tundra and
surging glaciers, populated
byArcticdeer,walruses –
andnohumans
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Barentsburg
The lastRussianmining town
– aSoviet-style townof 490
or somaking interesting
attempts at tourism
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Sveagruva
300workers liveon-off at
Svalbard’smostproductive
coalmine, oneof Europe’s
largestundergroundmines
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Hornsund
This southern fjordhosts the
PolishPolar Station,which
covers everything from
glaciology to geomagnetism
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East coast
If youwant polar bears,
goeast – theGulf Stream
doesn’t reachhere, somore
icemeansmorebears
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Edgeøya
TheunoccupiedEdge Island,
discoveredbywhalers in 1616,
isahaven for seals,walruses
andmatingpolarbears
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How far north?
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It’s2,047km fromOslo to
Longyearbyen; Biarritz iscloser
Scandinavia
Greenland
Iceland
Svalbard
Great Britain
Svalbard
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