Longyearbyen

Longyearbyen (Pronouced "Long-year-bin") was the capital of the former United Colonies of Svalbard, led by Spartan. It is one of the younger towns on the server.

Prehistory
Ever since Spartan first heard of Earth servers through SMPEarth and had heard of Longyearbyen, the northernmost city in the world, he wanted to live there in the game. On two now-defunct servers, he tried to colonize Svalbard, making landfall near modern Frostskade on those servers.

History
On April 25, Spartan joined EarthCraft for the first time, setting off for Svalbard immediately. When he got to the shore of the Hudson Bay, his friend Screeechkid joined him and they took turns rowing, ending up in modern Frostskade. After two months of living in Frostskade, Spartan moved out to found Longyearbyen and founded the town and the United Colonies of Svalbard on June 30, 2021. Being built up over only six days, it is comparable in effort to Frostskade due to the sheer amount of time Spartan "promised" he'd get on the server but played Kerbal instead for about a month as well as a more fine tuned build style. On July 17, 2021 after the threat of Longyearbyen being sieged it and Frostskade were merged into Scandinavia.

Features
Villager trading hall *Incomplete*

Decorated Nether Portal

Terracing of the land

A floating city *Planned*