Why Are There So Many Foreigners In The Arctic? | Svalbard, Ep 1

Svalbard is an archipelago of islands in the Arctic, 600 miles south of the North Pole. It's home to people from all over the world. And thanks to a twist of fate on my first trip in 2017, I began to wonder. Why were there so many foreigners in the Arctic? This is the first question I would ever ask in my travels up north, and the first question I am answering this season. Now I'm back in one of my favorite places, talking to locals to learn the local history, and understand why. Why do they live so far north?

This episode was filmed in Longyearbyen in 2022.

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Sources 🔗
https://www.sysselmesteren.no/en/entr...
https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/19...
https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/stat...
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/...
https://snl.no/Svalbard
https://snl.no/Svalbard#-Historie
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidnik...
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/nor...
https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/arti...
https://en.visitsvalbard.com/visitor-...
https://www.britannica.com/place/Sval...
https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folk...
https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/...
https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/stat...

Timestamps
00:00: Intro story
2:52: Discovery of Svalbard
4:28: Establishment of Longyearbyen
5:00: Mining Industry
5:45: Svalbard Treaty, Explained
8:04: Housing Crisis
9:13: Company Housing
10:50: Land Ownership
11:15: House for Sale
12:11: Impact of Weather
13:56: Births on Island
15:21: How Many Foreigners Live in Svalbard?
16:33: Where Are the Foreigners From?
17:03: Immigration & Emigration
17:49: Average Stay in Svalbard
18:50: What It's Like Living There
20:00: Living Challenges
21:47: Comparisons to so-called Greenland Iceland
23:17: Why Locals Live Here
26:13: Post Credits Treat :)

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