# What's The Deal With Svalbard?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-svalbard/479561>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 2, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-svalbard/479561 "2009-01-02T05:33:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-svalbard/479561/21 "2009-01-06T21:38:19Z")

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> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#):
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> It’s an attempt to stop rampant alcoholism. There is no sunlight for three months of the year, you can’t go outside, there are very few women - the temptation to drown yourself in a bottle of vodka or two looms very, very large for a lot of people.

Alcohol + sex starvation + friendly and accommodating gay guy (i.e. me) = profit!

😛

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-svalbard/479561/22 "2009-01-06T21:45:26Z")

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I still think it would be a blast to visit …

Hm, we have some tourist agents in the dope? I see a group trip with some sort of group discount … 😃

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