HOW SVALBARD’S ‘OTHERS’ ARE FARING: Pretty much ‘normal’ at hysterically cool Bjørnøya film fest, two women self-isolating all winter at trappers’ hut, no layoffs in Barentsburg
While 90 percent of Longyearbyen's tourism employees are facing layoffs, all of those in Barentsburg and Pyramiden are busy and planning for the summer season....
Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of Nov. 26, 2019
Airbnb rentals are down somewhat this year as a new law restricting rentals takes effect in about a month, a dog has to be killed...
FATAL AVALANCHE AT HORNSUND: Two residents at Polish research station killed during weekend trip
A man and woman who departed from the Hornsund research station for a weekend trip were found dead Sunday after being caught caught in an...
Random weirdness for the week of Feb. 19, 2019
The first sunlight of the year is back and so are the first polar bears at the Polish Polar Station at Hornsund (unless the predators...
Random weirdness for the week of Aug. 23, 2016
The Mars Curiosity Rover has returned to Svalbard and this time you're not just allowed to drive it, but thoroughly wreck the vehicle and the...
Random weirdness for the week of April 14, 2015
If an armed society is a polite society, then the North Pole is a very tactful place indeed these days. (more…)
