Illegal to die in Longyearbyen, Norway?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189479)
Boise, Idaho
May 19, 2026 3:31pm CST
That is the incorrect myth that has been going around for years. It is a myth only. It seems that this place in Norway has banned the burying of bodies in the area due to the permafrost there. Bodies are now flown to other locals for burial. It seems that the permafrost preserves a corpse rather than letting it decompose naturally. Authorities ceased new burials to prevent the spread of preserved pathogens from the past. In 1998 scientists found some viable traces of the Spanish Flu virus from 1918 when some bodies were exhumed.
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@Ineeddentures (32970)
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20 May
Aye
It's on of the most.faryhest north settlement on the planet
I don't think that digging down 6 ft is possible at any time of year
I saw a show on the telly about the place
Yvonne wanted to go there and see it, till she found out how cold it would be
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@celticeagle (189479)
• Boise, Idaho
23 May
@Ineeddentures ........ I think I'd rather be cold than too hot.
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@Ineeddentures (32970)
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21 May
@celticeagle
A bit!!
It would be too cold for me, and ai already live in a cold enough place
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@Deepizzaguy (121760)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 May
I did not know that it is illegal to bury a corpse in one area in Norway due to the permafrost there.
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@celticeagle (189479)
• Boise, Idaho
20 May
It did say Norway. Maybe it's by a border.
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@Fleura (34920)
• United Kingdom
20 May
@celticeagle Svalbard is an island way up in the Arctic.
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@celticeagle (189479)
• Boise, Idaho
23 May
@Fleura ......I wonder if the ever know true warmth up there.
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@celticeagle (189479)
• Boise, Idaho
23 May
I hadn't either. I want to be cremated. Save a lot of trouble.
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@LindaOHio (221931)
• United States
20 May
Finding viable Spanish Flu virus is very scary.
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@celticeagle (189479)
• Boise, Idaho
23 May
These viruses really haunt us as humans. Can come back ages later.
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