– It was absolutely fantastic – news Nordland

It was last week that Tom Cruise came to Longyearbyen Svalbard in connection with the filming of the eighth Mission Impossible film. And the ice pillar still resides on the Arctic archipelago. For what started as a normal day at work for Bergit Svenning from Dalselv in Nordland, even with a little extra excitement when the Hollywood star appeared. – It was actually absolutely fantastic. He is a really nice guy, she says. Svenning works at the hill station Svalsat on Platåfjellet. She has been there since November last year, but this Monday she is unlikely to forget the same thing. – He was cheerful, smiled and talked to everyone. – He is very handsome. Svenning says that the shoe player was given a tour of the station, and that he visited almost every single office and said hello to everyone. – He said that he was very satisfied. He thinks the city was absolutely “amazing”. The station is the world’s northernmost and largest receiver of signals from satellites, and according to Svenning, they receive signals from 10,000 satellites spinning around in space. – What did they talk about? – We talked about weather, wind, winter and everything you do in Svalbard. And if he had seen polar bears. So he didn’t have that yet, according to Svenning. And when a luscious Hollywood star turns up at work, of course you have to have a picture you can show your girlfriends. – It was no problem to get a picture taken. But just as he turned around, took me around and looked into my eyes, I felt that I suddenly turned 16, Svenning laughs and adds: – He’s actually very handsome. It was Rana No who was queer about the visit at first. – Not desirable with this type of activity The recording in Longyearbyen will be in connection with “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two”, which is the eighth film in the series. Scenes from the first part of the film were also shot in Norway. At the beginning of March, it became known that the production company PolarX was refused a helicopter landing on Svalbard in connection with the filming. Tom Cruise in Longyearbyen last week. Photo: MARCUS ISACHSEN / SVALBARDPOSTEN PolarX applied for around 40 landing permits for filming and aerial filming of people and landscapes. The company then sends a complaint about the refusal to the Norwegian Environment Agency, only to withdraw it later. In order to be allowed to fly in Svalbard, the companies must also obtain a license from the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority. They haven’t got that either. – This is both because the operator does not meet the technical requirements for such operations, and because it is not desirable to have this type of activity in a vulnerable natural area. This was written by Håvard Vikheim, director of communications and public relations at the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority, in an e-mail to news last week.



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