Polar bear shot dead in Svalbard after attacking tourist
A French woman is hospitalised after attacked by a polar bear at Svalbard Monday morning. “The Governor was alarmed just
Read moreA French woman is hospitalised after attacked by a polar bear at Svalbard Monday morning. “The Governor was alarmed just
Read moreA group of international scientists is headed to the Norwegian Arctic this week to do the first onsite walrus count
Read moreDilemma solved: Two containers with food supplies that were stopped on the land border to Norway are now underway towards
Read moreAverage temperature at Svalbard airport Longyearbyen was 6,0°C, which is 2,4°C above average for June and the warmest ever recorded.
Read moreGerman icebreaker Polarstern left for a seven-week research trip on Tuesday were scientists will focus on ice and glaciers. June
Read moreNorway is violating the Svalbard Treaty from 1920, says Deputy Speaker in the Russian Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev following the
Read moreA genetically distinct polar bear population that hunts off freshwater ice has been identified in Greenland, researchers outline in a
Read moreMay 28 came with more heat than any day last year at the airport in Longyearbyen, the world’s northernmost with
Read moreDeep within Svalbard’s permafrost, 10 gene banks from around the world are set to deposit their seeds into the Global
Read moreThawing permafrost across the circumpolar North is posing an increased risk to transport and transportation infrastructure, and if left unchecked,
Read moreThere is no redundant between the Arctic archipelago and mainland Norway after loss of power in the area where the
Read more“A hybrid-strategy is underway in which Russia bolsters its legitimate presence in Svalbard on one hand while raising tensions in
Read moreRussia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Friday said the recent navy visit to Svalbard is the latest step by
Read moreThe modernisation of the polluting object is necessary for cuts in CO2 emissions, a Russian government commission decides. The coal
Read morePolar bears in Svalbard have undergone a shocking loss in genetic diversity, says a Norwegian study. Snorre Hagen and Simo
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