The Dark Time
I write from a university cafeteria in Alta, Northern Norway. The dark-time has descended upon Svalbard, with the impending winter beginning to make its presence felt through cold that bites […]
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Barentsburg and Back – The Russian Coast
Myself and my fellow students have just returned from an epic eight-day trek to Barentsburg; a Russian mining settlement on Svalbard’s West Coast. This was a hard expedition. Travelling 150km […]
Winter is Coming
Winter is coming to Svalbard. The long arctic day has come to an end, with darkness now cloaking our evenings. Snow dusts the mountaintops that surround Longyearbyen and there is […]
The Cold Edge 