Living in Svalbard | The Town Where Dying Is Illegal

LIVING IN SVALBARD: The Town Where Dying Is Illegal From late October to mid-February the sun never rises over Longyearbyen. Children walk to school under streetlamps, everyone carries a rifle beyond the town edge, and no one is allowed to be buried here. So why do more than 2,000 people choose to live at the top of the world? In this journey, you will discover: 0:00 Intro 2:26 Polar Night Light 4:54 Life Under Rules 7:25 Forty Minutes Ahead 10:01 Rifles and Snowmobiles 12:30 School in Winter 15:01 Coal Mine History 17:40 Svalbard Seed Vault 20:22 The Dying Ban 23:01 Return of the Sun If you enjoy discovering how people live in the most unusual places on Earth, subscribe to How They Live and join us on the next journey. #LivingIn #Svalbard #HowTheyLive #Arctic