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Longyearbyen, Norway, is the northernmost town in the world.ginger_polina_bublik/Shutterstock The world's northernmost town is Longyearbyen in the Norwegian ...

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LONGYEARBYEN, Svalbard and Jan Mayen — At 10:40 a.m. on a day in January, two powerful beams of light from the Svalbard governor’s boat pierced the complete darkness of the mountain-fringed fjord it ...

This story has been updated to expand the definition of Svalbard’s legal requirements for protection from bears. Juneau may be the northernmost capital in the United States, but it’s far from the ...

LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY — High above the icy fjord, the vault is almost complete. Inside a frozen mountain not far from the North Pole, workers are building three concrete chambers to withstand global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Longyearbyen, Norway, is the northernmost town in the world.ginger_polina_bublik/Shutterstock ...

From the driest deserts to remote settlements on volcanic islands, human communities can be found anywhere on Earth. One such community is Longyearbyen, where 2,400 residents live in the northernmost ...

Longyearbyen is located in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, which is a three-hour flight from Oslo and about 650 miles from the North Pole. The town is the largest settlement in its vicinity.