Norway plans on spending $16.1 CAD to make technical improvements at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The government explained on its website that “the measures are part of a long-term plan to enhance the performance and extend the viability of the seed vault.” Norway built the vault 10 years ago … Read More
The Passport Index ranks the world’s passports by the number of countries that are easily accessible by the passport holder. Which passport is the most powerful when it comes to traveling around the world? Singapore. The country earned the number-one spot after Paraguay removed visa requirements for Singaporeans, reports CNN. … Read More
Remember seeing a chair like this back in the sixties? You probably did—Scandia chairs were produced in Norway from 1957 until the seventies, when the factory burned down. However, in the past decade Paal Lunder of Fjord Fiesta decided to bring Scadia chairs back, and he worked with original designer … Read More
A team from Element set out to Spitsbergen, Norway, facing freezing temperatures, remote airstrips, and polar bears, all to skate as far away from it all as possible.
