Water is life and even penguins need to drink. In Antarctica, they occasionally eat snow to cover their freshwater needs. But deep in Antarctica’s soil lies an as yet unknown reservoir of water, albeit mostly saline and inaccessible. (Photo: Dr Michael Wenger)...
The company Store Norske’s mine 7 is the only Norwegian coal mine still active on Svalbard. Every year it delivers around 30,000 tonnes of coal to Longyearbyen and another 80,000 to Europe. Photo: Michael Wenger Longyearbyen, the capital of Svalbard, has grown...