Buckle up: 10 of the world's most extreme airport runways
Some runways require passengers to have nerves of steel as well as a seatbelt when landing.
Source: smh.com.au
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Plancius Opens Oceanwide Expedition's 2024 Season in Arctic - Cruise Industry News
The Plancius departed from Scotland on May 28 to kick off Oceanwide Expeditions' 2024 season in the Arctic. Sailing from Aberdeen, the 116-guest expedition ship is offering a nine-night itinerary to Longyearbyen, in Norway's Svalbard Archipelago. The expedition cruise features visits to destinations in Northern Europe and the Arctic, such…
Source: cruiseindustrynews.com
Norwegian town proposes an outlandish plan for 26-hour days. Here's why.
A Norwegian county mayor wrote the European Commission with a plan for switching to 13-hour clocks.
Source: good.is
Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Longyearbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 278 km WNW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (173 miles) The temblor was detected at 02:01:...
Source: earthquakenewstoday.com
Drones validate walrus counts in satellite images from space
In the first successful attempt to calibrate walrus counts from satellite imagery, scientists used drones to validate animal counts in Svalbard, Norway. On this International Day for Biological Diversity, the researchers describe how this study is a big step towards using satellite imagery as a non-invasive method to monitor walruses in the Arctic.
Source: phys.org