 From 2002 to 2017, the starting and final point of all expeditions to Barneo has been Longyearbyen, the capital of the Svalbard archipelago of Norway.The town has necessary facilities including an airport, hotels of different levels, restaurants, a post office, a bank, and a supermarket.In 2016, following military exercises by Chechen paratroopers on Barneo, Norway enacted a flight embargo, which it later lifted.