svalbard

• Located between Norway and the North Pole
• Population: 2,700
• Winter avgs. -13 to -20 degrees celcius
• Summer avgs. 3 to 7 degrees celcius
• Glaciers cover around 60% of Svalbard
• Coal mining provides 300 jobs
• in 2011 there were 70000 tourists
• there are 300 tourist related jobs
• Some months are in complete darkness 24/7
• Temps can fall below -30 degrees celcius
• There is only 50km of road in longyearbyen
• Global warming is melting the permafrost which is used for building foundations
• 10% of Longyearbyen has been evacuation because of the effects of climate change