After Greenland, Arctic island Svalbard wary of great powers

There are no outward signs of jitters, at least not yet: people in Svalbard are going about their daily lives as normal despite speculation that this Norwegian archipelago could be the next Arctic territory coveted by the United States or Russia. “Today Greenland, tomorrow Svalbard?” — Terje Aunevik, mayor of Svalbard’s main town Longyearbyen, says […] The post After Greenland, Arctic island Svalbard wary of great powers appeared first on Digital Journal.