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January 28, 2014 a Plan Clear Much of the Old “Settlement Is Located in Landslide-Prone Areas FREE icepeople The world's northernmost alternative newspaper Vol. 6, Issue 4 January 28, 2014 www.icepeople.net A plan clear Much of the old “settlement is located in landslide-prone areas. - Vigdis Hole, Bydrift as soot MARK SABBATINI response statement to study Eagerness to rid Norway of coal ” STATISTICS NORWAY investments while backing Store Norske called 'completely insane' NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATEGeese grub: Record A tour-class group of 72 racers, above, flock a threat to tundra By MARK SABBATINI starts the eight-kilometer round trip from Page 3 Nybyen to Trollsteinen during the fifth Editor annual Spitsbergen Up and Down on It's always amusing hearing politicians re- Saturday. A record 96 racers were ferred to as "cuckoo" and "completely insane," required to complete the course by any but the characterizations may have been more See LIGHTS, page 4 non-motorized means. At right, appreciated than usual by Svalbard residents participants warm up and fuel up in a whose livelihoods depend on coal. Lavvu tent shortly before the race. A disco A debate in Parliament this week about See CIRCUS, page 3 ball greeted racers returning to the tent for whether Norway should rid its oil fund of in- vestments in coal producers suggests there is the post-race bash featuring traditional By MARK SABBATINI ROBERT enough support to approve the policy. Norway and novel awards. Photos by Mark Editor HERMANSEN Sabbatini / Icepeople. has already halved such investments during the past two years for environmental and political reasons. bear thing But Progress Party member Øyvind Kors- berg, in an interview with Finansavisen, ques- Longyearbyen / Tromso: Governor names Monday afternoon the Any means necessary tioned with the denouncing phrases how politi- cians can approve such a restriction while con- Decision time: Last day for early voting in Spitsbergen Up and Down celebrates its freewheeling fifth year tinuing to support a long-term future for Sval- Svalbard is Monday, Sept. 2. Local polls By MARK SABBATINI A record 96 participants mostly on skis, bard's coal mining. Other party members said will be open Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. Editor plus a sizable minority on foot, made the his sentiment, if a bit overheated, is something It's an "anything goes" race, but most of eight-kilometer trek from Nybyen to Troll- they share. the out-of-the-box thinking during its big an- steinen and back Saturday evening during the "It is not the word I would have used, but I niversary came during events other than the fifth annual Spitsbergen Up and Down. While relate to the issue," said Harald T. Nesvik, the competition itself. See TROLLSTEINEN, page 3 See CONTRADICTION, page 3 Inside Finally, a Polarjazz for purists Festival features nearly all-jazz Exposed: Hopen full of potato heads lineup after years of relying on Page 2 'popular' bands for survival Headlines from Svalbardposten - Excessive billing by hospital since 2002 By MARK SABBATINI - New Lompensenteret owner impresses tenants Editor - Huset bouncer suffers broken teeth from attack For everyone frustrated by jazz festivals Page 3 booking mostly non-jazz musicians in order to lure a viable crowd, this year's for you. Weather forecast The 16th annual Polarjazz festival, which Page 3 begins Feb. 5, features a nearly all-jazz lineup Events calendar for the first time since its inaugural years. ULLA C. BINDER / MEZZOFORTE Lasse Hansen, the festival's director, said at the Mezzoforte, an Icelandic funk-fusion band Page 4 See FESTIVAL, page 4 formed in 1977, will perform Feb. 6 at Polarjazz. Page 2 January 28, 2014 Who's to blame and how Thinking about potatoes at a time like this? to express your wrath Editor Mark Sabbatini Principal of principles Kristan Hutchison Psychiatrist Irene Gallion Accomplice Jeff Newsom Mailing address Icepeople Vei 210 -2- 13 Longyearbyen, Svalbard Sandmo accepts life, death sardonically 9170 DISSENTER, from page 1 Norway Telephone KÅRE HOLTER SOLHJELL / HOPEN METEOROLOGICAL STATION Norway: +47 41 51 46 38 The Northern Lights provide a respite from the polar night to residents at the Hopen Meteorological Mainland town claims to be top U.S. +1 (970) 673-4472 Station this week. Kåre Holter Solhjell, who filmed a video of the solar activity (available at http:// hopenmeteo.no/?p=1410) noted at the station's blog that January was an active month for the aurora per-person telethon giver, a title E-mail borealis. On, the other hand, it's "bad with polar bears. We saw fresh tracks the other day, that's all." held by Longyearbyen for years [email protected] Web site www.icepeople.net Icesheet LONGYEARBYEN LOKALSTYRE Icepeople is published weekly (or thereabouts) Random bits of the week's weirdness: on Tuesdays (or thereabouts), with printed Take a look at the photo above. Now take a copies available free on a limited basis in look at the folks inside that station to the right Longyearbyen. Additional printed copies are stressing out because they're down to their available locally and by mail upon request. last potato, forcing them to eat unfamiliar There's more! Visit www.icepeople.net Charges are on an "at cost" basis. foods like pasta and rice. This is the defini- for the complete story. tive example of "First-World Problems." The Copyright stuff crew at the Hopen Meteorological Station, in addition to posting a video of a gorgeous Briefly Original contents of this publication can be northern lights show this week on their blog reproduced for non-commercial purposes free (http://hopenmeteo.no), also made sure the world knew of their hardships. "The potato's of charge if Icepeople is credited as the KÅRE HOLTER SOLHJELL / HOPEN MS significance for experienced trappers in Sval- Cruising: Getting out of source. The original writers, photographers My cod, why hast thou forsaken me? If a loaf and other contributors retain their rights to all bard should not be underestimated," an entry danger, but into 'death?' by Kåre Holter Solhjell notes. "Fish (meaning could feed 5,000, why can't you make this published works. potato feed a piddling few meteorologists? Another cruise season is about to embark cod) without potatoes is impossible to full speed ahead in Svalbard, but the smiles of imagine." They squeezed maximum starch sati- He bitches about Norway's overall scene, as- those greeting passengers aren't being shared Corrections policy ation out of the final spud by cooking it in a serting most restaurants are perfectly happy by a lot of industry executives these days. stew consisting of lamb, peas, sauerkraut and selling overpriced swill to plebes who are too They took a blow last month when Britain When we screw up you'll know about it – on gravy. But mercifully, after 18 agonizing hours stupid to appreciate the real stuff. He then issued a warning telling travelers cruising here the front page. One of the big complaints of losing touch with their roots, the Coast notes "there are several places with great wine is too dangerous. That warning may be re- about newspapers is they tend to bury Guard ship Nordkapp sailed to the rescue with corrections and clarifications deep inside lists in Norway, but few places with attractive huset wine a load of cargo that included 60 kilograms of wine prices," and names Huset among his where few people who read the original article potatoes. Normally supplies are brought by he- buoy see them. If we need to fix something, an alert first three due to its extensive wine cellar. licopter, but conditions forced the boat trip and Unfortunately, "prices are not as low as they box on the front page will state what story is in the station's crew was forced to haul their error and where the full correction is printed. were, but it is still possible to make bargains." goodies 200 meters over the sea ice by sled. Just for the record, we reported last week Sval- "Heavy work, but thus the potatoes tasted all The Globe and Mail, Four new ports to see in 2014 bard's CPI for alcohol and tobacco was lower Spitsbergen Submitting material the better," Solhjell wrote … Also in the small than everything but travel (thanks to competi- whine category this week is "Norway's Best This wildlife-rich island is far north of the Arctic Circle, and as far north tion from Norwegian Air) and mail/communi- as you can go in Norway. Until recently, it was only accessible by very small Letters, columns, photos and other material Wine Lists" by Vinforum's Nils Are Økland. cations (which has been dropping for years as are welcome, but we can't offer pay for expedition ships. Demand for remote adventure (and a little help from global technology advances) … Finally, a warm and warming) sees mid-size cruise ships now visiting during the longest days of published items since nobody here is getting sarcasm-free congratulations to Nikolas Ot- paid at the moment. Submissions in electronic Thanks a lot for the year. second billing, guys: temo, 6, for drawing the winning design for Muscat, Oman; Yangon, Myanmar; San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua form (text, Word documents, JPEGs, etc.) are this year's Solfestuka festival in March. A highly preferred, although typing and/or You do know I'm what allowed those total of 88 elementary students at Longyear- side2 scanning of items will be considered on a per- byen School submitted sun drawings for the NAMFAH.COM case basis. We reserve the right to edit precious potatoes of UNIS, 8th highest student housingYou've cost;been 3,500a bad kr boy mo.; and high standing Drammen in the- yours to grow? 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