Longyearbyen, the largest settlement in Norway's Svalbard archipelago
The battleships Tirpitz, the Scharnhorst were along with nine destroyers sent to Isfjorden where they leveled Barentsburg, Grumant and Longyearbyen.
John Munro Longyear (1850-1922), his son, best known as the founder of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway
Hotellneset and Adventdalen, both close to Longyearbyen, were rejected because the areas were too small and due to poor weather conditions.
Noorderlichts schedule is based at Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen with voyages within the Svalbard archipelago, the Lofoten Islands and to mainland locations, all within polar regions.