Anglican Carol Service in world's northernmost town, on Spitsbergen

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News of a combined Afternoon Tea and English-language Carol Service that was recently held by the Anglican Chaplaincy in Norway in the world's northernmost town, Longyearbyen, on Spitsbergen, the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago: www.europe.anglican.org/news/latest-news/carols-arctic-circle

Svalbard, part of the Kingdom of Norway since 1925, lies midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole

Mining/tourism/research are Svalbard's chief industries, with the main Barentsburg mining town owned and operated by Russia's Artikugol