Norway : Entire season in jeopardy for Svalbard expedition cruising
“We get port call cancellations to Longyearbyen every day now,” says Assisting Harbor Master Rikhart Olsen Ingerø. Norway’s ban on
Read more“We get port call cancellations to Longyearbyen every day now,” says Assisting Harbor Master Rikhart Olsen Ingerø. Norway’s ban on
Read moreNorway has extended its leisure travel ban, implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, until August 20, but said it
Read moreFinland, Norway is up 27%, while Finland, Sweden is up 25%. The biggest concern, though, is the Tornio, Haparanda border
Read moreNorway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg said the population’s cooperation helped contain COVID-19 and has well-positioned the country to continue reopening
Read moreWith Norway partially shutting down its borders for foreigners, Svalbard airport Longyearbyen can’t be used to shuttle people and supply
Read moreDemand for air travel is essentially non-existent due to the coronavirus outbreak and airlines like SAS, Norwegian and Widerøe have
Read moreMore than 15,000 soldiers from nine countries will put down their weapons and start preparing to go home from their
Read moreA woman from the north Norwegian town of Tromsø has tested positive for the coronavirus. The woman was tested after
Read moreBut in 2020 the number is again expected to rise as Norway now allows for dual citizenship 185 Russians were
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Read moreThe United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) have now been translated into the North Saami language, the most widely spoken
Read moreSearch-and-rescue efforts in the European Arctic will with the new helicopter base be strengthened as industry, tourism and military all
Read moreThe Arctic railway The Arctic railway Building a future… or destroying a culture? By Eilís Quinn An Indigenous nation divided
Read moreShrinking population also in cities like Tromsø, Harstad and Mo i Rana during first half of 2019. Population is down
Read more“We will never be able to have a 100 percent rescue preparedness around Svalbard,” says Bent-Ove Jamtli, Director of the
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