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Distro - The New Iron Curtain: Svalbard 

Thomas Dworzak 

In the northern reaches of the arctic archipelago, isolated from civilization, sits the tiny Russian colony of Barentsburg, where less than 200 people coexist at the axis of geopolitical tensions, so secluded it is reachable only by snowmobile. The mining town was exploited by the Russians in the 1930s and is occupied largely by those from Donbass, who don rifles to protect against the ubiquitous polar bear.

The once friendly enclave is no longer welcoming of outsiders as geopolitical tensions between Russia and the west have reached a boiling point, three years into the current war between Russia... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Airport. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Airport. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Port. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Port. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Supermarket. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Port. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Port. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Coal Mining. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Russian House - Russkyi... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Cafe. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Remains of WW-II German... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Coalminer monument. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Main shopping street.... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Guided visit for foreign... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Russian military style... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Guided visit for foreign... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Coal mining. Red Soviet... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Russian canteene. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Russian canteene. Russian... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Coal mining and research.... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. City sign. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Coal mining and research.... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. City sign. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Visit to the Arctic Ugol... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Visit to the Arctic Ugol... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Visit to the Arctic Ugol... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, off Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Tourist boat cruise... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Main shopping street.... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, off Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Tourist boat cruise... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, off Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Tourist boat cruise... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, off Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Tourist boat cruise... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, off Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Tourist boat cruise... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, off Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Tourist boat cruise... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, off Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Tourist boat cruise... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Port. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. ABC Australian documentary... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Coal mining. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Filipino/thai workers.... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Barentsburg truck. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Airport. Signpost. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. "How to survive History"... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. US tourist watching Russian... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Barentsburg, 2025/3. Russian shop. "Peace to... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Polar bear in hotel lobby.... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Exhibition. 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Russian House - Russkyi... 

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NORWAY, Oslo, 2025/3. Army and Military Museum. Cold War, US... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Museum of Arctic Explorers.... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Museum of Arctic Explorers.... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Museum of Arctic Explorers.... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Supermarket. "Ridder"... 

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NORWAY, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, 2025/3. Russian House - Russkyi... 

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