Soviet flag flies as first Murmansk passenger voyage reaches Svalbard
A giant flag of the USSR – a state that collapsed 35 years ago – greeted the first passenger ship
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Pyramiden
Arktikugol seeks to move illegal orthodox cross at Svalbard
Norway has set June 10th as deadline to tear down the giant orthodox cross illegally erected last August in the
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Concerns emerge over Moscow’s push for expanded research at Svalbard
New plans challenges Norway’s research limitations by introducing studies on topics like cultural history, paleography and ethno-humanities. “An intense promotion
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Isolated Russia invites faraway countries to Svalbard science center in Pyramiden
India, Turkey, China, Brazil and Thailand are all interested in teaming up under Moscow’s umbrella at a new science complex
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Photo report – Pyramiden, a Soviet ghost town in Arctic Norway
This was once home to the world’s northernmost kindergarten and primary school. Abandoned twenty years ago, Pyramiden, a coal-mining town
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