Longyearbyen: The Arctic City Where the Ground Doesn't Accept the Dead

Longyearbyen, a unique city in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, faces an unusual challenge where the permafrost prevents burials, leading to the seriously ill being sent to the mainland.

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n1-bihBosnian114d ago

Grad u kojem se teško bolesni šalju na kopno jer tlo ne prima mrtve

Na krajnjem sjeveru planete, u norveškom arhipelagu Svalbard, nalazi se Longyearbyen — grad koji je već sam po sebi neobičan. Smješten duboko u Arktik

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