Read why Svalbard, a remote Norwegian town near the North Pole, bans birth and death in the region. Visa-free living, polar ...

As the dark season begins, Svalbard enters a period of continuous night known as the polar night. This video explores daily ...

A recent marathon race in Iran caused controversy after many of the 2000 women runners ignored the country's mandatory hijab law, and ran without a head covering. Years after deadly protests rocked ...

London band Man/Woman/Chainsaw have signed to Fiction Records (The Cure, The Horrors, Jehnny Beth) and have released their first single for the label. “Only Girl” was produced by Margo Broom and Seth ...

Ny-Ålesund, a small international research outpost nestled among the snowy mountains and icy fjords of Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, is one of the northernmost settlements on ...

A large plot of private land in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago may soon be sold for about €300 million ($330 million), but the deal has raised concerns in Oslo over national security. The ...

The last of Hitler’s army to surrender were stationed in a desolate arctic wasteland—a key vantage point in the little-known WWII battle over forecasting the weather. The German Army estabished ...

A woman who lives in a remote location that's plummeted into darkness for months on end has revealed the affects that it has had on her body. Cecilia Blomdahl has lived on Svalbard, a Norwegian ...

"It's 1:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. and you have all of the stars in the sky... You feel like you're in the galaxy," Cecilia Blomdahl tells PEOPLE of living in Svalbard Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter ...

A polar bear attacked a woman in Norway in the remote Arctic Svalbard islands. The polar bear injured the French tourist, leaving her with several wounds. The unnamed woman was part of a 25-group ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A polar bear attacked a campsite Monday in Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard Islands, injuring a French tourist, authorities said, adding that the wounds weren't ...