Trying to grow food in the Arctic

Meet the man growing vegetables in the most northerly human settlement on Earth. The Arctic town of Longyearbyen is a hostile natural environment for plants, with no daylight for 3 months each year. Residents rely on air freight for much of their produce, and Ben Vidmar wants to make it more sustainable. Can he make a difference?Video produced by Daniel South and Trystan Young. Listen to more stories from Newshour.

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