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☆ Got a spare $324 million? Buy a slice of this strategic Arctic archipelago
  + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —The last piece of privately-owned land in the Arctic archipelago Svalbard is up for sale for a cool 300 million euros ($324 million). The Arctic is of increasing geopolitical importance as climate change melts sea ice. The land is governed by the Svalbard Treaty. Knight FrankAn eventual buyer will in fact acquire Aktieselskabet Kulspids, a privately owned Norwegian limited company which owns the land. The purchaser will have to come from one of the 46 nations that have ratified the Svalbard Treaty, which established Norwegian sovereignty over the archipelago.
Persons: Knight Frank, Knight Frank “, Wedel, Kyllingstad, ”, Jonathan Webb, Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich, Webb Organizations: CNN, “ Locations: Svalbard, Norway, Longyearbyen, Norwegian, Oslo, Svalbard Treaty, China
☆ I live without sunlight for months in the northernmost town on Earth. Here's what a day in my life looks like.
  + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Eveline Lunde | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
On the way, I watch out for Arctic wildlife on the streets. I saw some reindeer on my way to work. Eveline LundeLongyearbyen is a relatively small town so you can pretty much walk everywhere. The Svalbard reindeer, which are short-legged and have relatively fat bodies, are well adapted to the harsh climate. It's normal to see them around town because they don't have any natural enemies and aren't usually afraid of people.
Persons: Eveline Lunde
☆ A Journey Into Norway’s Endless Night
  + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Taymour Soomro | Scott Conarroe | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +3 min
The endless night conceals the passage of time, as though we were remote from time’s effects, too, without Emily Dickinson’s slant of light that heralds death. Where better than this frozen earth, far from the ravages of human conflict and heat, for an international seed vault and the Arctic World Archive, both of which are just outside of Longyearbyen. The former, sometimes described as a doomsday vault, contains 1.2 million seed samples deposited by seed banks around the world for safekeeping. Withdrawals from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault — by a gene bank formerly in Aleppo, Syria — have already been conducted. Climate change is likely to be particularly hazardous to bears — lack of sea ice means less access to seals.
☆ Satellite Boom Fuels Growth in Arctic
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Isabelle Bousquette | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The fiber also serves the nearby town of Longyearbyen, mostly inhabited by scientists who move there for a few years at a time. The 2,400-some residents are required to carry guns with them outside of town limits in case of polar bear sightings. Photo by Isabelle Bousquette/The Wall Street Journal
☆ Florian Ledoux: The icy patience of an Arctic photographer
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
CNN —The polar bear was just a faraway speck in a frozen white expanse. “It’s the price we pay to get unique images,” recounts award-winning French photographer and filmmaker Florian Ledoux. Florian LedouxThe months when the sun just starts to poke through create the perfect palette for a photographer, Ledoux says. Yet these are the days Ledoux lives for. Disney, Netflix or the likes will request a specific shot of a polar bear, such as a successful hunt or a mating scene.
Persons: speck, ”, Florian Ledoux, Florian Ledoux Ledoux, Ledoux, “ That’s, hasn’t, Florian, Florian Ledoux “ Organizations: CNN, Disney, Nature, Netflix, Oceanographic Magazine Locations: Tromsø, Norway, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
☆ Anyone can live and work in Svalbard, a group of Arctic islands, visa-free — as long as they don't run out of money and abide by a unique set of rules
  + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Insider spoke with four locals (one of whom was deported) about what it's like to work in Svalbard. Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago 500 miles from the North Pole, is home to the world's northernmost human settlement. He moved to the island from the US in 2008 with around $1 million dollars in the bank and ambitions to launch an English-language newspaper, Sabbatini told Insider. Courtesy of Martin FialaThanks to the local housing crisis, it's easier to find work on Svalbard than a place to live. The price to pay is that it's exhausting and chaotic, but that's pretty awesome," Fiala told Insider.
☆ Rain could soon overtake snow in parts of the Arctic, top scientists warn
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Broken up sea ice is seen from the window of a NASA research flight above the east coast of Greenland. That's causing Arctic sea ice to diminish, the tundra to turn green with vegetation, and sea birds to starve to death in droves. Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesFor the first time this year, NOAA has determined that Arctic precipitation — either rain or snow — is increasing across all seasons. But in places like southwest Alaska, that means rain falling on top of snow, then freezing. Bhatt is part of a group of researchers assessing whether the Arctic tundra in southwest Alaska should be reclassified as sub-Arctic tundra.
☆ What it's like to work in Svalbard, a group of Arctic islands where anyone can live visa-free — as long as you don't run out of money and abide by its unique set of rules
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Insider spoke with four locals (one of whom was deported) about what it's like to work in Svalbard. Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago 500 miles from the North Pole, is home to the world's northernmost human settlement. He moved to the island from the US in 2008 with around $1 million dollars in the bank and ambitions to launch an English-language newspaper, Sabbatini told Insider. Courtesy of Martin FialaThanks to the local housing crisis, it's easier to find work on Svalbard than a place to live. The price to pay is that it's exhausting and chaotic, but that's pretty awesome," Fiala told Insider.
☆ Cum arată cel mai nordic oraș din lume, a cărui populație trăiește patru luni în întuneric
  + stars: | 2020-04-24 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | Nu Vă Supărați | Dar Brunetele | ) diez.md   time to read: +1 min
Cum arată cel mai nordic oraș din lume, a cărui populație trăiește patru luni în întunericAxelle de Russé este o fotojurnalistă din Franța, care a fost premiată la prestigiosul concurs internațional Pictures of the Year International pentru realizarea unui fotoreportaj din cel mai nordic oraș din lume. La doar 1 000 de kilometri de Polul Nord se află micul oraș Longyearbyen, cel mai nordic oraș de pe planetă. Așezarea a fost întemeiată în 1906 de către John Munroe Longyear, principalul proprietar al Companiei Arctice de Cărbune din Boston (Arctic Coal Company of Boston). În această localitate a fost construit, în anul 2008, un depozit de semințe care păstrează semințele a aproximativ 100 de milioane de specii de plante de pe glob, în cazul în care pe pământ se va produce vreo catastrofă naturală. Cum e să trăiești în întuneric timp de patru luni, vezi în imaginile de mai jos.
Persons: John Munroe Locations: Russé, Franța, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Arctic, Norvegiei, Boston, Arctic Coal Company
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