wikipedia helps with that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Undersea_Cable_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Undersea_Cable_System The earth/g

wikipedia helps with that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Undersea_Cable_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Undersea_Cable_System The earth/ground station on Svalbard is a key site for collecting remote sensing data from polar orbiting satellites, such as those from NOAA, due to its close proximity to the north pole (many of these satellites are polar orbitors; e.g. follow an orbit which almost crosses over the pole).