Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. It's known for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra sheltering polar bears, reindeer and arctic foxes. The Northern Lights are visible during winter. It is also one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas and its among the safest places on Earth. The Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz gave Spitsbergen its name, meaning pointed mountains in dutch, when he discovered it in 1596. Historically…
