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Arctic Plant Invasion: The Shoe Cleaner Who Wants to Save Svalbard
... doing what he can to tackle the problem. The gigantic polar bear is one of the first things that newcomers to the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic notice when they arrive at the Longyearbyen Airport. The stuffed giant dominates the baggage claim ...
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Where whale steak goes well with greens
... videos Global seed vault Feb 26 2008: 1.7m "Noah's ark of seeds" near the town of Longyearbyen, in Norway's remote Svalbard islands, will protect the 2m seeds that represent the world's agricultural biodiversity More galleries
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Whaling under fire as Norway catches only 50% of its quota
... low catch. "We were able to meet the quota in the two best areas for whaling, around [the Arctic archipelago of] Svalbard" and along the northern coast of Norway, explained Bendiksen, who caught 23 animals this season. Instead, Bendiksen claims ...
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10 great places that veer off the beaten path
... point for exploring the Arctic. Catch an ice-breaking ship in the town of Longyearbyen on the Norwegian island of Svalbard (just south of the Arctic Circle), then circumnavigate the island of Spitsbergen. "You'll see breathtaking fjords, jagged ...
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Nasa Amase 2008: Day 2: The Troll Patrol
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Monday, August 11, 2008 Source: AMASE 2008 - Comments August 5, 2008 / Written by: Verena Svalbard is one of my most favorite places to be in the world.so it came to the point where ...
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Nasa Amase 2008: Day 1: Marilyn's entry
... in scientific perspective weighed heavily on me for a couple of days. My plans for quiet collection and curation of Svalbard's flora and the testing of an upgraded instrument in the field grew blurry. Steelie and I worked together on finalizing the ...
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Ulysses Town Talk: Guide heads to Norway to lead kayak tour
Louise Adie departed on Saturday, Aug. 2 for Longyearbyen, in the Svalbard Islands region of Norway.
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Dark, scary, wild day for eclipse chasers
... became a tourist mecca," Russia's NTV television channel said. About 200 people gathered in Norway's far northern Svalbard archipelago in the main settlement of Longyearbyen. "When such rare things happen, one gets the impression something ...
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Thousands throng Arctic regions to see total eclipse
... time became a tourist Mecca," NTV television channel commented. About 200 people gathered in Norway's far northern Svalbard archipelago in the main settlement of Longyearbyen. One estimated the temperature had dropped about 10 degrees Celsius during ...
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Rare spectacle for millions...
... in Yiwu and Jiayuguan in neighbouring Gansu province. More than 200 people gathered in Norway's far northern Svalbard archipelago in the main settlement of Longyearbyen. One estimated the temperature had dropped about 10 degrees Celsius during the ...
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Gasps, nervousness greet total solar eclipse
... time became a tourist Mecca," NTV television channel commented. About 200 people gathered in Norway's far northern Svalbard archipelago in the main settlement of Longyearbyen. One estimated the temperature had dropped about 10 degrees Celsius during ...
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Solar eclipse seen by thousands
... PHOTO: STIG FOSS / LUFTFORSVARET Hearts soared as Venus passed the sun - 08.06.2004 NASA in seventh heaven over Svalbard - 08.09.2003 In Oslo approximately half the sun's disk was covered by the moon. Further north, increasing parts of the sun were ...
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Magic on the radio. You'd think it wouldn't work... Eithne Tynan Yuri Geller bending your ear, never mind your car key The Svalbard Islands, situated between the north coast of Norway and the North Pole, are ...
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Cruiseship grounded east of Spitsbergen
A cruiseship ran aground off the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Wednesday, just east of the island of Spitsbergen.
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Melting glaciers demand energy alternatives
... Endeavor breaks pack ice in endless daylight through a gray-teal sea. The expedition has been cruising near Svalbard, a group of high arctic islands larger than Denmark--in summer, a land of brown mountains streaked with snow-filled gullies, low ...
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Summer sea ice has gone missing
... Endeavor breaks pack ice in endless daylight through a gray-teal sea. The expedition has been cruising near Svalbard, a group of high arctic islands larger than Denmark -- in summer, a land of brown mountains streaked with snow-filled gullies, low ...
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Compassionate Conservatism: The whale oil economy of the Arctic
... Endeavor breaks pack ice in endless daylight through a gray-teal sea. The expedition has been cruising near Svalbard, a group of high arctic islands larger than Denmark - in summer, a land of brown mountains streaked with snow-filled gullies, low ...
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Islands and archipelagos of the northern seas
... capable of showing how wonderful and spectacular nature can be. Spitsbergen is the most important island in the Svalbard archipelago, situated midway between Norway and the North Pole. A pleasant trip along the western coast of the island offers ...
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Melting Arctic ice a disturbing harbinger for climate
... Endeavor breaks pack ice in endless daylight through a gray-teal sea. The expedition has been cruising near Svalbard, a group of high arctic islands larger than Demark - in summer, a land of brown mountains streaked with snow-filled gullies, low ...
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Checking out changes in the weather
... Endeavor breaks pack ice in endless daylight through a gray-teal sea. The expedition has been cruising near Svalbard, a group of high arctic islands larger than Demark -- in summer, a land of brown mountains streaked with snow-filled gullies, low ...
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