Some places on Svalbard you can just go and see, as long as you possess and know how to use a snowmobile and a rifle. Then there are other places, where no tourist can go without a guide or a permit that is unobtainable for most of us. Like the…

Describing Longyearbyen without just listing all the usual stuff is a challenge. Everything amazing and spectacular has been covered elsewhere, so many times. Instead, I offer a few everyday sights from an ugly town surrounded by natural beauty. These are details I learned by spending a workation here in April…