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, showing Spitsbergen in the west, where Longyearbyen is located.

Longyearbyen is the administrative centre of Svalbard and is located on Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. Longyearbyen has approximately 1,800 inhabitants, most of them Norwegian people and some Russians. It is the world's northernmost town with over 1000 people. The largest populated settlement more northerly than Longyearbyen is Ny-Ålesund with 30 inhabitants. As the world's northernmost town with 1000 people or more, it has the world's northernmost of many things. See the article on the world's most northern.

Geography

Due to its location far north of the Arctic Circle, it is polar night from end-October to mid-February and polar day from mid-April to mid-August. Longyearbyen has an Arctic tundra climate (see Geography of Norway). The Governor of Svalbard resides there.

History and present day facilities The settlement was founded in 1906 by John Munroe Longyear, main owner of the Arctic Coal Company of Boston. "Byen" is Norwegian language for "the city". It was destroyed by the Nazi Germany in 1943 and rebuilt after World War II, with the old foundations still visible in some places.

Until the early 1990s the coal mining industry was the major employer in Longyearbyen. The daily life circled only around the mining business. Today, the community offers a wide range of activities and facilities. There is a swimming hall, a climbing wall, a big sports hall, a grocery store, three pubs, three hotels, one church, several tourists shops, a cinema (Sundays), one night club, and a squash tennis court. There is also University Centre in Svalbard, which represents four Norwegian universities and provides university-level education in Arctic studies.

Mining & Research Mining still plays major role in the community. The Norwegian mining company Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani runs two coal mines in Longyearbyen and Svea, and coal mining employs about half the residents. Research activities and tourism are growing steadily each year due to its excellent infrastructure. Research includes ionospheric and magnetospheric facilities such as the EISCAT radar, the Auroral station and a magnetometer belonging to the IMAGE chain.

In 1993, the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) was opened. It is a cooperation of all four Norwegian universities, providing lectures in geophysics, arctic biology, geology and arctic technology as well as bachelor, master and PhD positions. It has about 300 students, but with the addition of the new Research Centre enrollment will increase. Most students of UNIS live in six renovated mining barracks in Nybyen.

Arctic Safe Nicknamed "Doomsday Vault", Svalbard Global Seed Vault, an Arctic safe capable of storing millions of crop seeds, is located near Longyearbyen. Global Crop Diversity Trust administers the facility. The safe has been designed to protect against natural and human disasters, including global warming, floods and fires, and nuclear holocaust. The site was chosen for both its remoteness and ambient temperature of the permafrost. The Seed Bank Atop the World. latimes.com. Retrieved October 12 2007.

Tourism Most tourists to Longyearbyen arrive during the spring and summer. The spring is very popular since Spitsbergen is one of the few places in Norway where a snowmobile can be driven in open country without special permission. However, due to strict environmental laws not all of the main island of Spitsbergen is accessible. From February until November several tour operators provide a wide range of guided trips.

Longyearbyen is the world's most northern easily accessible settlement, with Svalbard Airport just outside town offering regular flights to and from Tromsø and Oslo, Norway. The airport served 90,000 passengers in 2004.

Media Longyearbyen has one newspaper, the Svalbardposten.

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, showing Spitsbergen in the west, where Longyearbyen is located.

Longyearbyen is the administrative centre of Svalbard and is located on Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. Longyearbyen has approximately 1,800 inhabitants, most of them Norwegian people and some Russians. It is the world's northernmost town with over 1000 people. The largest populated settlement more northerly than Longyearbyen is Ny-Ålesund with 30 inhabitants. As the world's northernmost town with 1000 people or more, it has the world's northernmost of many things. See the article on the world's most northern.

Geography

Due to its location far north of the Arctic Circle, it is polar night from end-October to mid-February and polar day from mid-April to mid-August. Longyearbyen has an Arctic tundra climate (see Geography of Norway). The Governor of Svalbard resides there.

History and present day facilities The settlement was founded in 1906 by John Munroe Longyear, main owner of the Arctic Coal Company of Boston. "Byen" is Norwegian language for "the city". It was destroyed by the Nazi Germany in 1943 and rebuilt after World War II, with the old foundations still visible in some places.

Until the early 1990s the coal mining industry was the major employer in Longyearbyen. The daily life circled only around the mining business. Today, the community offers a wide range of activities and facilities. There is a swimming hall, a climbing wall, a big sports hall, a grocery store, three pubs, three hotels, one church, several tourists shops, a cinema (Sundays), one night club, and a squash tennis court. There is also University Centre in Svalbard, which represents four Norwegian universities and provides university-level education in Arctic studies.

Mining & Research Mining still plays major role in the community. The Norwegian mining company Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani runs two coal mines in Longyearbyen and Svea, and coal mining employs about half the residents. Research activities and tourism are growing steadily each year due to its excellent infrastructure. Research includes ionospheric and magnetospheric facilities such as the EISCAT radar, the Auroral station and a magnetometer belonging to the IMAGE chain.

In 1993, the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) was opened. It is a cooperation of all four Norwegian universities, providing lectures in geophysics, arctic biology, geology and arctic technology as well as bachelor, master and PhD positions. It has about 300 students, but with the addition of the new Research Centre enrollment will increase. Most students of UNIS live in six renovated mining barracks in Nybyen.

Arctic Safe Nicknamed "Doomsday Vault", Svalbard Global Seed Vault, an Arctic safe capable of storing millions of crop seeds, is located near Longyearbyen. Global Crop Diversity Trust administers the facility. The safe has been designed to protect against natural and human disasters, including global warming, floods and fires, and nuclear holocaust. The site was chosen for both its remoteness and ambient temperature of the permafrost. The Seed Bank Atop the World. latimes.com. Retrieved October 12 2007.

Tourism Most tourists to Longyearbyen arrive during the spring and summer. The spring is very popular since Spitsbergen is one of the few places in Norway where a snowmobile can be driven in open country without special permission. However, due to strict environmental laws not all of the main island of Spitsbergen is accessible. From February until November several tour operators provide a wide range of guided trips.

Longyearbyen is the world's most northern easily accessible settlement, with Svalbard Airport just outside town offering regular flights to and from Tromsø and Oslo, Norway. The airport served 90,000 passengers in 2004.

Media Longyearbyen has one newspaper, the Svalbardposten.

Notes

External links



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