The Northernmost Town on Earth | Habitats of the World: High Arctic

We travel to Ny-Ålesund, a remote research settlement in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Once a mining town, it is now home to a small international community of scientists living at the edge of the world. Surrounded by glaciers and polar bears, residents adapt to months of darkness and daylight, isolation, and extreme cold. This episode explores how they live, work, and build a sense of community in one of the planet’s most extreme and fragile environments.