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16 Extreme Places People Actually Live
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Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
The year probably does feel quite long at these temperatures!
Photo: Bernt Rostad
Island living on Svalbard is anything but tropical. Longyearbyen rests in the middle of the Arctic ocean, which allows for the 3,000 locals to be expert hunters and fishers. Known as the world’s northernmost settlement of any kind with more than 1,000 permanent residents, these Norwegians seriously know how to rough it. With an average high of 8.6 degrees fahrenheit in January, even a bowl of ice cream would seem warm.
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