Longyearbyen in Arctic Norway to shut down coal-power plant
Still unclear which replacement will be chosen for heat- and electricity production, but the Government assures it will be a
Read moreStill unclear which replacement will be chosen for heat- and electricity production, but the Government assures it will be a
Read moreThe new guiding document for Russia’s vast Arctic territories includes plenty of focus on oil, natural gas and shipping, and
Read moreThis season’s sea-ice extent is soon reaching minimum, with a specially sharp decline north of Svalbard and Russia’s Arctic archipelagos.
Read moreSailing via the North Pole was impossible until the 1950s. Now, it is all but inevitable. Even if all greenhouse
Read moreGlaciers are melting, permafrost thaws and buildings are sagging. What scares the scientists most is studies of decomposing carbon from
Read moreAcross the Arctic each summer, thousands of tourists and scientists descend upon the region’s villages, research stations, and glaciers. This
Read moreAn international science expedition reached the North Pole on Wednesday after project leaders noticed shrinking sea-ice conditions and “surprisingly loose”
Read moreIt was the letter sent by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Søreide on the 4th February this
Read moreEnvironmentalists in Norway didn’t believe what they read when the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on June 24 presented suggestion for
Read more“We get port call cancellations to Longyearbyen every day now,” says Assisting Harbor Master Rikhart Olsen Ingerø. Norway’s ban on
Read moreNot since November 2011 has Svalbard had a monthly average temperature colder than normal. “Average temperature for March was -16,2
Read moreFascinating viewers for hours and days, the Norwegian slow TV concept takes it to the ultimate with the longest ever
Read moreThe initiative, along with a ban on heavy fuel oil, is welcomed by both locals in Longyearbyen and Arctic expedition
Read moreNorth of the Arctic Circle, thousands of seeds are safely sleeping underground in case things go wrong on our planet.
Read moreThe front of Hornsundbreen glacier in Arctic Norway is retreating every year and will eventually open a new strait between
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