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Longyearbyen in Svalbard. I've been to Svalbard once, and I'd love to go back one day. Incredible place, Aldrin's "magnificent desolation" quote sprang to mind.
It'd be great to get to go on a longer trip, eg. cross country skiing, but it'd be incredibly expensive since you have to essentially have an armed guide because of polar bears: every group outside the city ("city") is required to have someone with a rifle. Could in theory apply for a permit of my own but I'd need to get one back home too first and also buy a rifle.
I'd love to visit Svalbard, or another remote northern locaiton, too. Is Svalbard the one with the abandoned Russian coal mining settlement?
Yup, that's the one! Pyramiden is the mining settlement