Longyearbyen

Barneo, Russia’s seasonal North Pole station in the making

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 14:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 16:20
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Two helicopters are on their way to find a suitable ice floe for the Barneo-2017. Like previous years, the Norwegian

The Norwegian government buys a 218 square km privately-own plot and puts a stop to a possible foreign acquisition in

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 30, 2015 at 18:43 — Last Updated: Monday, February 2, 2015 at 20:29
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As the Svalbard coal company dismisses staff and pleads for crisis money, the Norwegian government announces that it will make

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 16:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 27, 2014 at 22:02
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The mayor of Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on the Svalbard archipelago in Norway’s Arctic, fears that more than ten percent of the population