A 2023 satellite image captured a pair of peculiar phenomena painting parallel swirls in the sea and sky around Norway's Bear ...

When searching for alien life, it’s not unusual to use Earth as a test bed for theories and even practice runs. Perhaps one ...

A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot for the ...

Carrying a rifle and keeping an alcohol-ration card are a few things that surprised me about living in Longyearbyen, the ...

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. The remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has long captivated adventurers and nature enthusiasts with its pristine landscapes ...

While they won’t be pulling Santa’s sleigh anytime soon, Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) objectively could win a North Pole cuteness contest. This subspecies of reindeer is ...

From Svalbard to Antarctica - and even into space - the major powers are jockeying for global reach The Chagos Islands are in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia and crucial for US ...

The BERA Centre, the first Polish infrastructure in the Arctic in over 40 years, officially opened on January 23, 2025, in ...

From the pristine polar landscapes and hardy Arctic wildlife to the historic wooden trapper cabins that prove humanity’s resilience, Svalbard is rightly a dream destination for many curious ...

The isolated land mass, also known as Bjørnøya, is located in Norway's Svalbard archipelago and is surrounded by highly radioactive waters that may endanger local wildlife — which, ironically ...