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Lights out: Ultra-rare ‘super blue blood moon’ will be even more remarkable in Longyearbyen with a midday occurrence
It’s a cosmic trifeca that makes “once in a blue moon” seem relatively common. And Longyearbyen residents will be in even more rarified company as some of the very few people on Earth able to see it in the middle of the day on Wednesday.
Random weirdness for the week of June 21, 2016
Greenpeace, in its latest “Save the Arctic” stunt in Svalbard, rigged one of the more elaborate sound stages for Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi, who performed his original composition “Elegy for the Arctic” on a floating platform near Wahlenbergbreen on Monday.
Chillingly clueless: Svalbard’s 10 strangest stories of 2015
Which is stranger: a year where parasitic wasps went on a killing spree or the year that actually happened? Yeah, we’re not sure either.
All we know is both versions of Svalbard will be back – and probably even stranger – next year.
Into blackness: Svalbard’s 12 biggest stories of 2015
It was already a shell-shocked community beginning to say their farewells to possibly a quarter of the town’s residents, with those left behind worrying about the future of a town with a decimated economic foundation.
Then the avalanche struck.
Either alone ranks among the most significant events in Longyearbyen’s history. Together they may reshape the town more dramatically than at any time since it was almost entirely destroyed during World War II.
Eclipse on a budget or a whim: fly for 599 kroner, sleep in a hotel suite for 1,200 kroner. Seriously
Believe it or not, it’s still possible to fly from Oslo to Longyearbyen to experience next Friday’s solar eclipse for 599 kroner. And stay in a suite at a very nice hotel for 1,200 kroner a night.
Whew, it’s over! Norwegian Air strike ends a week before masses begin arriving for eclipse
Everybody can now just start worrying about whether the sky will be clear.
Solfestuka overshawdowed by eclipse?
Normally it’s the most popular cultural event of the year. This year, it isn’t even close to being the biggest sun-related event of the month.
