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Open letter to intrepid novices hoping to visit during the March 20 total solar eclipsesvalbard in guardian

Open letter to intrepid novices hoping to visit during the March 20 total solar eclipse

By Mark Sabbatini on February 11, 2015
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The following is a comment I posted at The Guardian’s website Sunday in response to an article they wrote about visiting during the March 20 total solar eclipse. It makes absolutely no mention of the insanity that will reign – suggesting a place to stay at for £90 a night, for example – so I figured trying to set their readers straight (and ours, if we had any, was worth a try).

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Icepeople PDF: Feb. 3, 2015

By Mark Sabbatini on February 7, 2015

The first faint whisps of light in months mark the dawn of a whirlwind of madness, including a complete overhaul of the government’s vision for…

Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of Feb. 3, 2015svalbardposten 013015

Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of Feb. 3, 2015

By Mark Sabbatini on February 6, 2015
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Analyst: Goverment facing rising pressure in Austre Adventfjord cases 

The government is facing increasing pressure to resolve ownership and mining disputes on a large parcel of private land across the channel from Longyearbyen put on the market early last year, an analyst claims.

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Getting a kick out of ‘sledsharing’kicksled sharng

Getting a kick out of ‘sledsharing’

By Mark Sabbatini on February 5, 2015
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Being without wheels – which aren’t always all that helpful in Longyearbyen – just got a bit easier.

Locals and visitors, especially students, are discovering the joys of cruising the town on 25 new kicksleds available free for the sharing.

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