The fault in the cable, which runs from Longyearbyen in Svalbard to Andoeya on Norway's north coast, was detected between 80 - 140 miles from Longyearbyen at a point where the cable runs from less than 0.2 miles deep to over 1.3 miles deep under the surface between the Greenland, Norwegian and Barents seas
Daily Mail: Undersea cable connecting Norway and Arctic satellite station is mysteriously damaged
* An undersea comms cable connecting Svalbard and mainland Norway has failed
* The disruption could prove disastrous as there is now only one connection left
* If the other cable fails, the island will be completely cut off from the mainland
* The cables power a huge Arctic satellite station and bring internet to Svalbard
* It comes as Britain's most senior naval officer warned that Russia may look to cripple such vital undersea communications wires supporting the UK
An undersea fiberoptic cable which provides vital internet connection and communications links between mainland Norway and the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean has mysteriously been put out of action.
The outage on the subsea communications cable, which is the northern most cable of its kind in the world, first occurred on January 7 but was only revealed to the public yesterday by Space Norway, who owns and maintains the technology.
The disruption, which occurred on one of two fiberoptic cables, could prove disastrous as it means there is now only one connection between the mainland and Svalbard with no backup.
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Update #1: Undersea Cable Connecting Norway With Arctic Satellite Station Has Been Mysteriously Severed (Warzone/The Drive)
Update #2: Disruption at one of two undersea cables to Svalbard (Barents Observer)
WNU editor: Interestingly that this happened a few days after this UK warning .... UK Chief Of Defence Staff Warns Russia That Cutting Underwater Cables Will Be Seen As 'An Act Of War' (January 8, 2022).