Svalbard
Oppituinties
Challanges
Svalbard is a small set of islands (archipelago) of the coast of Norway.
Minning
Fishing
Tourism
Electricty
Cold
Poor Infstructure
Svalbard currently mostly uses coal to produce power but has acess to more eco-friendly power sources
Like Iceland Svalbard has lots of acess to geothermal fissures which can be turned into power plants, these power plants are also much beter for the enviroment as they produce little to no greenhouse gasses.
Svalbard as major issues related to infstructure.
Almost all of the roads are in and around Longyearbyen meaning most people have to get around on snow mobiles. This could effect all areas of Svalbard from econemy to health care as doctors can't get around as esily.
Svalbard has acess to lots of minirals and the mining industry is the biggest employer on the Island (10% of pop). Svalbard is rich in mainly coal although this industry may be in decline as people become more aware of the climate crisis
Svalbard has acess to lots of fish over 150 spices.
The sea around Svalbard (the Barents Sea) is home to many programs to help preserve fish iclauding many breeding programs. The fishing here is controlled jointly by Russia and Norway in the goal of keeping the blance and a good ecosystem.
Many people want to come to the extreme enviroment that is Svalbard but that can be both a postive and a negertive.
Pro
Con
It can help the islands econemy grow and even help grow some eco-friendly industries.
Hiking can cause soil ersion and as traviling to Svalbard is hard the flights and ships may also have a negertive effect on the enviroment.
The cold has major effects on devlopment
Although the permafrost is good for building foundations on if the permafrost melts than the building becomes unstable.
Pipes have to be built above ground and have to be heated to prevent them from freezing.
With tempretures able to dip below -30oc during winter it makes working out side very diffcult as people most have bulky suits to keep them warm.