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1. I've always wondered what it would be like to live in the Svalbard archipelago

Fri Jan 31, 2014, 10:54 PM

Jan 2014

To me Svalbard is one of the coolest place names in the world and it's supposedly the northernmost region in the world with a permanent population.

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Norway is NOT the capital of Sweden [View all] Major Nikon Jan 2014 OP

I've always wondered what it would be like to live in the Svalbard archipelago aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2014 #1

I've been almost that far north Major Nikon Jan 2014 #2

My dad spent a year at Thule aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #3

I didn't see any polar bear Major Nikon Feb 2014 #4

That is so cool Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #7

Pack your lederhosen, boys. You're going to Norway Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #5

I had a professor from Finland. TheMightyFavog Feb 2014 #6