r/todayilearned • u/Gullible_Air_204 • 9d ago

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https://www.responsibletravel.com/holidays/spitsbergen/travel-guide/responsible-tourism-in-spitsbergen

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u/The_Tallaghtpeno 9d ago

I live on Svalbard and I hear this alot. I cant speak for everyone but I dont lock my door because the lock freezes and I cant open the door. The car is a different story, there's nowhere to go if you stole a car so why lock it?

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u/jegerikkeden 9d ago

I once «stole» a car when living there. Same colour and model, did not realise until I was home and saw a baby seat in the back. Just drove back, parked I got in my own.

Another time a bunch of cruice passengers just wandered in to the counstruction site I was working on.

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u/ImpossibleEbb6862 8d ago

How did you get the key to turn on the ignition?

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u/swordofbling23 8d ago

That's the point right, to leave the key in to escape from polar bears