find out why we jumped in a boat and headed there by way of the berents sea because there are no roads that connect the settlements on svalbard. here in this russian coal settlement the hallmarks of a bygone soviet era are present. >> our goal is not communism, just a memory for that period of russia. >> but like those old soviet days this settlement still receives supplies and food imports from moscow. that's despite the fact that the amount of coal produced here has declined dramatically over the years but that doesn't mean berentsburg isn't valuable. >> the soviet kind of demographic policy puts settlements all over the soviet union that are very difficult to sustain without tremendous subsidies. but if some of those settlements particularly in the far north some of those base can acquire a strategic significance so much the better from russia's perspective. >> with 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and a third of its natural gas located in the arctic, many here in svalbard are thinking russia is holding on to the area because of its location. >> the being here is very important t