About Longyearbyen: Longyearbyen lies at about 78 degrees north, the world's northernmost town of its size. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault stores millions of seeds inside a frozen mountain nearby. In winter the sun does not rise for months, a dark stretch called the polar night. There are more polar bears here than people!

Location: Spitsbergen island, in Norway's Svalbard islands · Country: Norway · Record: The northernmost town in the world · Continent: Europe · Setting: Deep in the Arctic, surrounded by glaciers and ice · Famous For: The Global Seed Vault that guards the world's crop seeds · Claim To Fame: Sitting at 78 degrees north, near the top of the planet