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2015: Six months after the revelations in a long-lost testament testament shook the Falck family to its core.
2015: Six months after the revelations in a long-lost testament testament shook the Falck family to its core.
Six months after the revelations in a long-lost testament testament shook the Falck family to its core.
Hans Falck, who had most to gain from the contentious will, lingers in a hospital bed in northern Norway, gravely injured in an accident. Meanwhile, Sasha Falck, who succeeded her father as the head of the family’s foundation, is pushing for a research expedition to the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Sea. Yet there are reasons to be cautious – relations with Russia are strained, with Norway’s old Cold War adversary reborn.
The stakes are further raised when reports reach Sasha’s ears of a foreign spy in the foundation, sparking a desperate hunt for the mole. And as the expedition nears the spectacular landscapes of the High Arctic, international tensions threaten to spill over into outright conflict – with fateful consequences for the Falck clan.
Svalbard
A very remote and distant place.
There are more polar bears in Svalbard than people. … You’re legally required to carry heat in Svalbard. … Svalbard has one of the top ten globally ranked ghost towns. … Svalbard has its own species of reindeer. … Svalbard is actually an Arctic desert. …
And perhaps most surprisingly, you are technically not allowed to give birth or die in Svalbard. Of course, no one can be refused death or birth. However, Svalbard is not designed as a life cycle community. Pregnant women are encouraged to move somewhere else about a month before the due date.
Destination/location: Svalbard Author/guide: Aslak Nore Departure Time: 2015
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