About a month ago I read the article "Don't be a Sval (or a Bard)" on The Arctic Journal. It's about a new website which released a series of 10 animated videos educating tourists about the rules and regulations in Svalbard. The videos use stop-motion animation to depict two trolls, named Sval and Bard, who visit the island and have all sorts of misadventures as they manage to break every rule.
I watched the videos as they were released every few days over the past month. The last one was posted on Monday. They're pretty good. And they're short, only 2 or 3 minutes each. These were my favorite:
- Episode 4: "It is prohibited to lure, pursue or otherwise seek out polar bears"
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Episode 8: "For the sake of the environment and yourself, we recommend organized tour arrangements"
You can find all the episodes here.