From The Barents Observer, March 14:
Mission: Svalbard without helicopter for Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise and the production team for the next Mission Impossible will have to make filming at Svalbard without permission to land helicopters.
It is the PolarX production company in Longyearbyen that got its application to fly helicopter turned down by the Governor’s office, The Times reports.
The company had sought permission for 30 landings during the filming of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two....
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