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Disney puts the spotlight on Svalbard

The nature film unit of entertainment giant Disney is preparing a new documentary on how climate change is affecting the Norwegian-administered Arctic archipelago of...

Svalbard loses its only bank

News that Norway's SpareBank1 was closing half of its 31 branches in Northern Norway hit the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard especially hard this week....

Polar bear attacks man on Svalbard

UPDATED: Both a man from the Netherlands and a polar bear that attacked him during the night in a populated area of Svalbard were...

Hurtigruten heads back to Svalbard

Norway's venerable coastal passenger and cargo shipping line Hurtigruten has won government approval to sail around Svalbard again this summer. Justice Minister Monica Mæland...

Svalbard tourism chills scientists

Growing numbers of tourists are leaving a worrisome footprint on Svalbard's fragile environment, according to the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA). In a...

Russia turns up the heat on Svalbard

Norway is resisting being drawn into a power struggle that's heating up over important areas of the chilly Arctic. Russia, China and the US...

Svalbard worth more than ever

Nearly a million Norwegians have been sitting through hours of more "slow TV" this week on a daily basis, apparently mesmerized by the beauty...

Russia complains about Svalbard

UPDATED: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has asked for "bilateral consultations" with his Norwegian counterpart, Ine Eriksen Søreide, to discuss what Russia sees as...

Svalbard seed vault wins more acclaim

The international seed vault that Norway administers on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard has been ranked among the world's most influential projects...

Polish researchers killed on Svalbard

Two Polish researchers out skiing on Svalbard were found dead on Sunday, apparently after getting caught atop an avalanche in the southern region of...
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