Friday May 9 | TravelPod.com Recent Updates
Longyearbyen, the solitary Norwegian town - Longyearbyen, Norway
Longyearbyen was the first place where we really lived far from our families . It was a wise choice to start with such a difficult trip, because this would contribute to make easier the following experiences. via TravelPod.com Recent Updates
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Svalbard Forum & PollsTuesday Apr 29 | Encyclopaedia Britannica
The islands lie between longitude 10 and 35 E and latitude 74 and 81 N, about 580 miles north of Troms, Norway. via Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sunday Apr 27 | ABC News
North Pole Could Be Ice Free in 2008
“There is this thin first-year ice even at the North Pole at the moment”
You know when climate change is biting hard when instead of a vast expanse of snow the North Pole is a vast expanse of water. via ABC News
Saturday Apr 19 | The North West Evening Mail
MILLOM politician Jamie Reed followed in the footsteps of Hollywood blockbuster The Golden Compass during an arctic climate change mission. via The North West Evening Mail
Friday Apr 11 | Daily Herald
Postcards from the frozen edge of the world
“Barentsberg once had 2,000 inhabitants, but now only 500”
After five days of brilliant sunlight, memories of darkness fill me with nostalgia. via Daily Herald
Apr 9, 2008 | CapeCodOnline.com
Iranian sells kebabs in polar bear country
“It is a small place. There is a shortage of accommodations and jobs”
When Kazem Ariaiwand fled Iran to seek asylum in the West he never imagined he would end up here, at the frozen edge of civilization, hawking kebabs in a place where polar bears outnumber people. via CapeCodOnline.com
Apr 7, 2008 | Prague Daily Monitor
Czech vintage aircraft reaches North Pole
“The flight lasted 10 hours 40 minutes. The aircraft worked perfectly all the time”
Longyearbyen, Svalbard/Prague, April 6 - The crew of the Czech vintage plane L-200 Morava reached its aim and flew to the North Pole on Saturday night, expedition's spokeswoman Gabriela Prevratilova told CTK ... via Prague Daily Monitor
Apr 5, 2008 | The Norway Post
Three died in Russian helicopter crash
Three persons died and two were seriously wounded when a Russian helicopter crashed when landing on the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic on Sunday. via The Norway Post
Apr 3, 2008 | Daily India
World's 'most northerly' kebab outlet opened in the freezing Arctic Circle
“I came here without knowing anyone. I had nothing. I came on a plane with my backpack. Now I have many friends, almost the whole town”
London, Apr 3: When Kazem Ariaiwand left Iran to seek asylum in the West, he would have never thought of ending at the frozen edge of civilization. via Daily India
Apr 1, 2008 | Xinhuanet
Two Czechs fly historical plane to North Pole
Two Czech pilots flew a legendary historical Czechoslovak-made plane L-200 Morava to the North Pole, the expedition's spokesman Jiri Machovec said after the plane took off from the Aero Vodochody aircraft ... via Xinhuanet
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