Tag Archives: solar eclipse
Polar bear attacks group, injures tourist at Fredheim
Eclipsed by crowds? Try these alternatives
Shelter seekers, sellers scrambling during final days before eclipse
Open letter to intrepid novices hoping to visit during the March 20 total solar eclipse

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).
Headlines stolen from Svalbardposten for the week of Jan. 13

UNIS wants ‘doubling’ plan hastened due to Store Norske
The University Centre in Svalbard is hoping to drastically accelerate plans to double its students and staff in the wake of the Store Norske crisis, telling the Norwegian central government the university is ready to play a bigger community role in Longyearbyen.