Norway's last Arctic miners struggle with coal mine's end
For more than 100 years, people came to the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to work in coal mines
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For more than 100 years, people came to the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to work in coal mines
ADVENTDALEN, Norway -- Kneeling by his crew as they drilled steel bolts into the low roof of a tunnel miles-deep into an Arctic mountain, Geir Strand reflected on the impact of their coal mine's impending closure.
Kneeling by his crew as they drilled steel bolts into the low roof of a tunnel miles-deep into an Arctic mountain, Geir Strand reflected on the impact of their coal mine's impending closure.
ADVENTDALEN, Norway (AP) -- Kneeling by his crew as they drilled steel bolts into the low roof of a tunnel miles-deep into an Arctic mountain, Geir Strand
Social life in the Norwegian village of Longyearbyen — hemmed in by mountains, a glacier and a fjord on a remote Arctic island — has long revolved around its only church.