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By Mark Sabbatini on January 26, 2015
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Who’s to blame and how to express your wrath

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Longyearbyen man killed in major avalancheAvalanche site in Fardalen

Longyearbyen man killed in major avalanche

By Mark Sabbatini on January 26, 2015
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A Longyearbyen man was killed when an avalanche several hundred meters wide struck a popular snowmobiling area in Fardalen on Saturday morning, triggering a large-scale search for victims, according to The Governor of Svalbard.

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Loan plea: Yeas, nays and fraysErna Solbert at Arctic Frontiers 2015

Loan plea: Yeas, nays and frays

By Mark Sabbatini on January 26, 2015
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The prime minister wants to keep tapping the Arctic’s energy resources at full speed despite huge price crashes. Opposing interests say it’s embarrassing pleas to keep coal mining alive in Svalbard weren’t rejected immediately. And some advertising guy earned 15,000 likes on Facebook in a couple of days for alleging the government is planning a mass sale of assets, including half of its land in Svalbard.

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Showbizzy

By Mark Sabbatini on January 26, 2015
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Albus Dumbledore has been resurrected as Longyearbyen’s senior-most resident, only he’s suddenly not sure he recognizes the town at all.

Nor will lots of other longtime Svalbard inhabitants if they’re viewing their neighborhood through a collection of new programs on TV and streaming video screens.

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Icepeople PDF: Jan. 27, 2015

By Mark Sabbatini on January 26, 2015

Longyearbyen man killed by large avalanche in popular snowmobiling area, new shows give Svalbard lots of exposure on the small screen and reactions from folks…

Random bits of weirdness for the week of Jan. 27

By Mark Sabbatini on January 25, 2015
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“Change the world” is a nice motivational motto for individuals, but frequently ends up being problematic when countries take the message to heart in the literal sense.

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Sucks to be me – and you, if you’re reading this

By Mark Sabbatini on January 25, 2015
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Since I’m pretty much porting my entire newspaper over to a blog site, I might as well have a category for the mindless crap that represents 99.? percent of all posts. And you’ve just wasted a bit of your life reading what’s basically a test post, But so it’s not a complete waste of time, I’ll also include some initial “insider” crap about publishing this fishwrapper.

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Longyearbyen losing top leaders

By Mark Sabbatini on January 20, 2015
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As Longyearbyen heads into choppy waters due to perhaps its worst economic crisis ever, it will need to find new leaders to guide the way.

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