Places
Crime writer and former polar explorer’s guide to Svalbard
The quiet zone
The scenery is beautiful and the silence magical on the Foxfonna glacier.
The history
Visit the Svalbard and the Airship Museums in Longyearbyen, the main settlement.
The ice island
Kvitøya, or White Island, is the remotest island of the Svalabrd archipelago.
Amsterdam Island
The site of an old Dutch whale factory.
The mine
Visit the old marble mine, Ny-London, established in 1911 by an English company.
Published: May 16, 2016
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