Noise in the Arctic Settlements

In the remote regions of the Arctic Spitsbergen there are four settlements inhabited by people and one ghost city, without the presence of residents. Where there is a human being, there are also sources of noise. They occur in parallel with natural sound sources. In the article, we want to present problems related to noisy human activity in these difficult areas in terms of climatic conditions. Acoustic studies of traffic and industrial noise are presented in the area of Longyearbyen, the capital city of Spitsbergen. The influence of nature sounds on the acoustic climate of the settlement is shown. The results of sound measurements in other locations such as Pyramiden and Barentsburg are also presented. In the final part the what if analysis is shown for noise problems in the developing Longyearbyen environment.