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  • Vei 210 -2- 13
  • Longyearbyen, Svalbard, 9170
  • Norway
  • Phone: (970) 673-4472
  • Circulation: 500
  • Publication Day: Every Tuesday
Icepeople is the world's northernmost alternative newspaper.

Icepeople is published weekly (or thereabouts) on Tuesdays (or thereabouts), with printed copies available free on a limited basis in Longyearbyen. Additional printed copies are available locally and by mail upon request. Charges are on an “at cost” basis.

Recent Articles

Stinky on stage: Year in revue follows Longyearbyen's tragicomic shift from a sooty town to a smelly one

Given all the fishy business in Longyearbyen during the past year, locals are ready to shake the coal dust from their boots and put their faith in cod. Local chums did a whale of a job baiting their fellow townsfolk during the annual revue showing just how flaky the past year was.
Icepeople  |  Mark Sabbatini  |  03-10-2016  |  Performance

Leaping year: One-day delay results in dazzling "return of the sun" celebration

The year 2016 will be remembered as the perfect time to be bissextile. Several hundred people experienced one of Longyearbyen’s most spectacular “return of the sun” celebrations ever, thanks to leap year delaying the ceremony from a cloudy Monday to a cloudless Tuesday.
Icepeople  |  Mark Sabbatini  |  03-10-2016  |  Culture
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