Depends 100% on where you go start your journey.
You need to fly to Norway first. If you fly to Oslo, it takes 3 hours from Svalbard to Oslo, and another 2 to London.
Most flights to Svalbard don't connect very well and it will take around 28 hours to get there. Around once a week there is a shorter flight that takes around 9 hours. Note, these figures were only accurate in May 2012.
Svalbard
There are no trains in Svalbard.
Svalbard is in the Artic Ocean.
Svalbard is a part of Norway.
3 Hours 50 Mins
Svalbard uses the Norwegion Krone.
Svalbard is 61 022 km²
No, the Svalbard region of Norway is not a desert.
Svalbard is Norwegian, and they speak Norwegian there.
Svalbard Radio was created in 1911.