A crash course in snowmobiling across Svalbard
On the first day of a three-day snowmobile expedition across Svalbard, I learned that operating the machine involves just throttling,…
Touching down at Nuuk’s expanded airport
A 2200-meter runway has been carved into Greenland's lunar landscape, thrusting passengers into a duty-free paradise of cigarettes and alcohol.
In Longyearbyen, local issues outweigh geopolitical concerns
On the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, community issues take priority over scrambles for the Arctic.