TO THE VISITOR WHO TOOK OUR POLAR BEAR SIGN: Not to sacrifice journalistic impartiality or anything, but you suck
So now you've got our famous sign countless thousands of people took photos of themselves with as their requisite Svalbard...
stupid tourist tricks
Scripting reality: Two new travelogues utterly shred Svalbard…here’s an annotated guide to how much they got real
"Frozen f***ing hellhole." "Fascists." "Extremists." "Suspicious." Hundreds of glowing travelogues about Svalbard are published annually by journalists and authors (who...
Burned again by bad tourists: Visitors use, destroy grill at cabin; some owners ask if security cameras are needed
As long as a handful of tourists keep acting like idiots, they're going to get called out for it here...
Are you a loser cruiser? If these no-nos are obvious, you’re not one of the onerous one-percenters
Do you think it's OK to hang out in local homes to see how they live, treat kids like animals...
Random weirdness for the week of May 10, 2016
We're embarrassed as hell about our screw up last week regarding the "white paper" (which we're reminding you on the...
‘Not a people zoo’ – locals peeved at tourists peering and peeing at cabins near town
OK, let's try this again: Just because locals are living the wild life doesn't make them wildlife. Numerous complaints about...
Random weirdness for the week of March 1, 2016
We've long stated Longyearbyen residents are a bit dim in a way since, while the first sunrise after the three-and-a-half-month...
Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of Nov. 24, 2015
Major city center overhaul to include library, new offices Longyearbyen's main municipal building is scheduled to get a complete overhaul...
Random weirdness for the week of May 20, 2015
A seeming epidemic of tourists taking the piss is causing locals to…well, do some taking the piss themselves. "This guy...
Random weirdness for the week of March 21, 2015
We're not suggesting he be deemed a dangerous sex offender for life, but he seems to have topped Russian Deputy...
