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The border is the climate.
by rgrieselhuber 7y ago
The border is the climate.
- dmix 7y ago+ Transport
- umeshunni 7y agoAnd the 1000 kilometers of sea that surrounds it.
- charliesharding 7y agoAlso the lack of social services
- tyingq 7y agoCurrently partly cloudy and 48°F/9°C. Though, yeah, I imagine most days aren't like that.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoThe 3 months of darkness is kind of a bummer
- TremendousJudge 7y agoAnd the roaming polar bears
- felixfurtak 7y agoIt does have really fast internet though. There is a dedicated submarine fiber cable servicing a population of only a couple of thousand people. https://submarine-cable-map-2018.telegeography.com/ https://submarine-cable-map-2018.telegeography.com/
- hanche 7y agoThere is a good reason for that: It is an ideal location for downlinking data from satellites in polar orbit. https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/meld.-st.-32-20152016/id2499962/sec9#kap9-4-4 https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/meld.-st.-32-201520... (Edit: But the article points that out.)