Own a Piece of the Arctic
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74245)
Daytona Beach, Florida
May 10, 2024 3:47pm CST
Imagine living halfway between Norway and the North Pole. You could have a 15,000-acre plot and your closest neighbor would be Santa with his toy shop, elves, and reindeer. Plenty of fresh air and you could build your dream home. This is the last remaining privately owned land on the Svalbard Archipelago in Norway. The only thing keeping you from this land is the price of 300 million Euros. Maybe Santa needs some more space and you and he could strike a deal.
Sounds like some kind of fantasy. But in all reality, the land is for sale but not like a piece of real estate for sale to a single person. The land can be bought by someone originating from a country that ratified the Svalbard Treaty. Almost fifty of these countries are located across the globe among them, China and Russia.
I only wonder what the person or company who purchases this land full of natural resources will do with it.
https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/05/10/town-sized-private-land-in-the-arctic-is-up-for-sale-for-300-million?utm
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@LeaPea2417 (36607)
• Toccoa, Georgia
11 May
I know about Svalbard. Have you seen Cecelia (I can't spell her last name) her YouTube channel. She lives there and tells about her life there.
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@LeaPea2417 (36607)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 May
@RasmaSandra Here is the link. I forgot to share it with you yesterday:
https://youtube.com/@CeciliaBlomdahl?si=DkMPyYIiN1hEJzea
I live on Svalbard, an island close to the North Pole! Swedish ???? I live in a cabin outside of Longyearbyen with my boyfriend Christoffer and our Finnish lapphund Grim and make videos about my daily life in the Northernmost town in the world! We have Pol
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@RasmaSandra (74245)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 May
@LeaPea2417 thank you for the link
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@RasmaSandra (74245)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 May
@LeaPea2417 I have not heard about this but will look it up on YouTube,
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@RasmaSandra (74245)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 May
@akalinus some of the resources are and yes, the US ratified it
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@akalinus (40859)
• United States
11 May
@RasmaSandra Do you think that Putin would say it is his? I know he thinks Alaska is part of his kingdom.
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@RasmaSandra (74245)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 May
@akalinus Putin is a deranged man and I would put nothing past him
@marguicha (216584)
• Chile
10 May
I am not interested in such a cold place. But I don´t need to think whether I want it or not. I don´t have the money.
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@RasmaSandra (74245)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 May
@marguicha that is just the point. People don't have this kind of money but companies do and you have to hope whoever buys it does not exploit what is there
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@RasmaSandra (74245)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 May
@just4him the scary part is that you don't want a company exploiting the many natural resources there
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@kobesbuddy (75236)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 May
I can't imagine anyone being able to work out in that sub-zero weather, to build a home! And the closest neighbor would be a family of polar bears:)
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@RasmaSandra (74245)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 May
@Kobesbuddy it will probably be a company who buys but I am worried about what they plan on doing there,
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@kobesbuddy (75236)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 May
@RasmaSandra Any company would strip out all the natural resources, gas, oil, valuable minerals in the soil. That would be their only purpose for purchasing that property, $$$$$$$
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@RasmaSandra (74245)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 May
@sathviksouvik so you would rather by a tropical island
@AmbiePam (86085)
• United States
10 May
Yeah, I’m thinking China and Russia are ones we should hope stay away if we care about natural resources. Of course, other countries have bad environmental records, but other countries also aren’t trying to conquer the world. Don’t let Elon Musk buy it either. 
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@RasmaSandra (74245)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 May
@AmberPam I agree with you. It would be great if a company that believes in preservation and also of animals would purchase it. There are polar bears, seals, walruses and other kinds up there.
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@Deepizzaguy (95563)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 May
It would be a dream home for anyone to purchase private land between Norway and the North Pole.
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@LindaOHio (159080)
• United States
12 May
I wouldn't want to live somewhere cold! I wonder what type of resources are on this land? Have a good day.
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