Global Village

Climate change comes first and fastest in the Arctic The northernmost functional settlement in the world is Ny Ålesund in Svalbard, at 78 ° 56'N. It is surrounded by ice and snow; the area i... Read allClimate change comes first and fastest in the Arctic The northernmost functional settlement in the world is Ny Ålesund in Svalbard, at 78 ° 56'N. It is surrounded by ice and snow; the area is populated by 100 polar bears for every human inhabitant. An unfinished church and some m... Read allClimate change comes first and fastest in the Arctic The northernmost functional settlement in the world is Ny Ålesund in Svalbard, at 78 ° 56'N. It is surrounded by ice and snow; the area is populated by 100 polar bears for every human inhabitant. An unfinished church and some mining ruins show the past. Once a starting point for expeditions to the North Pole and a f... Read all