Svalbard(2016)
A place where the underground, terrestrial and spatial universes blend into each other.
Svalbard is a norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean where the world's northernmost city is situated. It is a place where the underground, terrestrial and spatial universes blend into each other starting from a coal mine up to Venus.
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