B ear Island is a small island nestled between Spitsbergen and the North Cape, at the limits of the Norwegian and Barents Sea ...

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The MSC Preziosa recently set sail from its summer homeport in Hamburg for a 14-night cruise to Svalbard. After departing ...

Svalbard, a remote Norwegian archipelago located close to the North Pole, is known for its stunning landscapes, harsh Arctic ...

In the cold of the Norwegian Arctic, meteorologist Trond Robertsen manually recorded precipitation levels for over two ...

James Bradley studies the microbes thriving in extremely cold environments. “This photograph, taken in February, captured the ...

Since 2008, 1.3 million seed varieties from 128 countries have been deposited in the global seed vault, located in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. It serves as a life insurance policy in case of ...

OSLO - Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the resource-rich ...

Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the resource-rich polar ...

The Svalbard treaty restricts military use of the archipelago, but the islands are not a demilitarised zone. Russia has in the past accused Norway of militarising Svalbard, which Oslo denies.

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the ...

"Svalbard is an important part of Norway and thus important to us all," King Harald, 88, said in a speech in Longyearbyen, the archipelago's main settlement. "We see an increased interest in the ...