Many come to the Russian mining town of Barentsburg on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard hoping for a glimpse at the last little island of the Soviet empire. But is it still there? Source: ...

On a clear day, the approach to Longyearbyen Airport on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard leaves a stunning first impression. The vast expanse of glistening glaciers stretch out to the horizon, ...

In Barentsburg, in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, relics of a bygone era - a bust of Lenin, a sculpture with Cyrillic script declaring “Our goal - Communism” - bear witness to Russia’s longstanding ...

Explore the Russian coal mining town of Barentsburg, located near the North Pole on the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. This town, owned by Russia and primarily populated by Russians, Ukrainians, and ...

Long ReadDespite being on Norwegian territory, Barentsburg's residents are Russians and Ukrainians who have come to work here. Since the invasion of Ukraine, it has found itself at the center of a ...

07:00, Sun, May 5, 2024 Updated: 10:27, Mon, May 6, 2024 The sun is high in the late April sky as the ship makes its way down the fjord - although this is not surprising, I’m so far north that it is ...

State-owned company Grumant, the tourism-leg of Arktikugol, wants to make Barentsburg into a Russian hub for Arctic tours. (Thomas Nilsen/The Independent Barents Observer) Ildar Neverov, the leader of ...

Norwegian rescuers believe they have located the sunken wreckage of a Russian helicopter that crashed into the sea with eight people on board in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The Russian Mil ...