Tourism in Longyearbyen

In summer, most tourists in Longyearbyen will arrive in Longyearbyen in spring and summer, especially in spring, because Spitsbergen is one of the few places in Norway that has been licensed to drive snowmobiles. However, according to the strict regulations of the environmental protection law, some areas of the main island are not allowed to enter. From February to 1 1 month, several travel agencies provide various travel itineraries.

Longyearbyen is the northernmost residential area in the world, and Tromsos &; Oslo) and Oslo have regular flights to and from the local Svalbard airport. The airport received 90,000 passengers in 2004.

In Longyearbyen in the Arctic Circle, death is forbidden.

The Norwegian Polar Research Institute is another important research institution in Svalbard, and its director of international department, Kim Hulme, has been working and living here for 10 years. Norway implements a policy of high taxes and high welfare, but here it is low taxes and low welfare. 1995, the Governor's Office, the highest administrative body in Svalbard, adopted the Provisions on Expulsion or Refusal to Enter Svalbard, which stipulates that the Governor's Office has the right to refuse entry to people who do not have sufficient financial resources; If you can't find a house or a job, you must leave; If you can't take care of yourself after retirement, you must leave your job. Pregnant women must leave here one month before giving birth. On the streets of Oslo, old people with crutches can be seen everywhere, but most of the residents here are young and middle-aged. Longyearbyen Hospital has only eight emergency beds. The seemingly inhuman regulations are determined by the harsh living conditions here. Agriculture cannot be developed on the ice sheet, and almost all food has to be transported from the island.

Severe and terminally ill patients must be sent back to hospitals in Norway. No one has the right to die here unless it is sudden. Refusing to die is also determined by the harsh environment in Svalbard. Because of the low temperature, the surface is basically frozen soil, and the body naturally does not rot. Therefore, as long as the patient has a breath and is seriously ill, he must leave Svalbard and return to Norway. Being able to die in Svalbard is also a special treatment. 19 18, when the "Spanish flu" that ravaged Europe spread to Svalbard, seven young miners were buried. 1998, scientists extracted precious virus samples from frozen soil remains.

Longyearbyen pursues the policy of immortality, on the one hand, because it is remote, on the other hand, because of the harsh climate here.

Located at 78 degrees north latitude, it is part of Svalbard. Svalbard is a group of islands between the north coast of Norway and the North Pole.

About 1500 people live in the cabin here. Because the settlement is in the valley, some Arctic winds are blocked.