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Eight kilometres in the mine. this is a world few outsiders can appreciate unless they've seen and felt it for themselves. i feel calm. it's like my world. so, yeah, ifeel quite safe. i like it. i couldn't imagine doing anything else. but all this is to end, or so we've been told. bent�*s company, the government—owned store norske, has announced that mine 7, svalbard and norway's last remaining mine, will soon close forever. it makes me sad. i'm... you know, being there all my life, almost, and that's what i've been knowing. it was a mining town and now it's coming to an end. it's more and...

Bent�*s company, the government—owned store norske, has announced that mine 7, svalbard and norway's last remaining mine, will soon close forever. it makes me sad. i'm... you know, being there all my life, almost, and that's what i've been knowing. it was a mining town and now it's coming to an end. it's more and more of a tourist town. what do you say to those who argue coal mining's a thing of the past, it has to finish, if we're going to save the planet from global warming? if you can't get it from here, you will take it from somewhere else. they haven't found the perfect substitute yet...

As we're finding out. now we are in one of the two production sites we have here in mine 7, eight kilometres in the mine. this is a world few outsiders can appreciate unless they've seen and felt it for themselves. i feel calm. it's like my world. so, yeah, ifeel quite safe. i like it. i couldn't imagine doing anything else. but all this is to end, or so we've been told. bent�*s company, the government—owned store norske, has announced that mine 7, svalbard and norway's last remaining mine, will soon close forever. it makes me sad. i'm... you know, being there all my life, almost, and that...

With russian institutions is not possible at this time. half of the arctic is russian coastline, and if we are unable to share knowledge and data, it will hamper our ability to understand what is happening. we need each other in order to do good science. svalbard attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, putting further strain on this fragile environment. but the authorities claim they are moving towards renewable energy. now, we are in one of the two production sites we have here, eight kilometres in the mine. this is svalbard and norway's last coalmine, which we are told is due to c...

It was a mining town, and now it is coming to an end, it's more and more of a tourist town. but just a fortnight after our visit, the state—owned company announces it is delaying the closure. why? it says europe's energy crisis now makes the mine a more profitable operation. if they can't give up fossil fuels in the fastest warming place on earth, what hope for the rest? the un says we face a climate emergency. the alarm is sounding, we ignore it at our peril. nick beake, bbc news, in the arctic circle. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: prince harry announces the title and publication...