This is what dog sledding at noon looks like in Svalbard

still got appetite eating lunch in the dark like that?

That is north er than perlis sia.

They use huskies?

Yes. So north until Northern lights is called Southern lights here because need to look south to see it

Breakfast, lunch, dinner still total darkness outside. First time have lunch at 1pm with total darkness outside

Some are huskies, but most are not

Polar bear so lonely

Human mascot, right? Approach maybe a young lady donning it…🤗
Anyway, as tourist, it is nice to strike a chat with the locals over a drink or two. Can get a lot of tips and information about local lives and peculiarities.

Nope, not a human mascot. Most people in Svalbard are not very local, including the workers here. The only local I met is the Norwegian tour guide living in Svalbard for 10 years but is originally from Oslo.

Nobody can guess what dish is that?

Svalbard is known as a place where nobody is born and almost nobody dies. Expecting mothers are flown to mainland to give birth. There are no homes for the elderly. When you retire you move somewhere else. It's a place where you either work or study.

Whole city only 2k people. It's a harsh environment. I haven't had a drop of sunlight in Svalbard at all in my 2 days there. Can cover the city centre on foot in like 5-10 mins

Interesting. So there are practically no crematorium/graves there then. Eye opener knowledge for me. I learn something new today. Thanks. 👏👏👏👏

I wonder what is the suicide rate there? I read somewhere Finland has high suicide rate because they have sunless days.

Imagine you’re a pious Muslim during Ramadan in a place like this…. how would you be able to sahur or iftar properly ah?

howd you cope with no daylight TS

It's strange but not too bad since a few days only. I have not seen any daylight in the sky for more than 72 hours. Breakfast, lunch, dinner all dark outside

Dun get your toe frozen until kena potong

6 inches of snow. Very hard to walk properly