Svalbard april 2010. Fantastisk tur. Vakker natur å møte med isbjørn, rein og sel. Barensburg, Von Post breen, Polar Bear, Seal, Reindear, Noorderlicht
This summer I spent 4 days on the island of Svalbard. We're talking hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle. Here: www.scantours.com I went to a Russian settlement there called Barentsburg. Population, 500. And boy, is it dreary. Very Soviet. Very interesting.
Russia's vast territory extends over both land and sea, even reaching into foreign lands. A tiny part of the Spitzbergen Archipelago, officially belonging to Norway, is governed by Russian law. RT took a trip to Russia's remote and icy outpost. Russia took over coal-mining interests on the territory of the Spitsbergen Archipelago from the Dutch authorities during the Soviet period. And since the collapse of the USSR, the area has become even more important for Russia. RT on Twitter: twitter.com RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com
