And a bit of Svalbard food – among the specialties you can easily try here are reindeer, Arctic char, cod, and… minke whale (Norway is one of the three countries in the world still catching whales – Japan also does minke, while Faroe Islands catches smaller pilot whales). Svalbard also has a brewery (naturally the northernmost in the world) that makes excellent blonde, IPA, and other. Also the northernmost aquavit is made here, good stuff!