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Svalbard Prepping for Fun in the Sun

3/03/2008 at 11:38 AM
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Last summer, we tracked down Svalbard, Norway, "The North Pole's nearest neighbor." But you've probably been putting your trip north of the Arctic Circle off, since there's literally no sunlight up there all winter long. But that'll change on March 8, when the sun will rise over the islands for the first time since October.

Glacier tours and cruises are the things to do around Svalbard. Arctic Adventures can hook you up with a trip into the wild. You can do a bit of movie set travel too, as "The Golden Compass" was filmed around the islands.

Svalbard is also home to that doomsday seed vault that's been all over the news lately. It's not exactly a tourist destination, but we've embedded a map with its coordinates after the jump, if you wanna check it out.

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WTF is Svalbard, Norway?

7/20/2007 at 10:09 AM
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Welcome to Where To Find, our growing guide to those little-known places that never seem to show up on the travel radar--until now. We're not saying they're undiscovered, but you may need to look 'em up on our WTF Map.

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