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More evacuations ordered on Svalbard

UPDATED: A powerful storm that bore down on Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard prompted local officials to close several roads on Monday and evacuate residents...

Polar bears trap family in their cabin

Two polar bears, apparently a mother and her cub, spent the weekend circling a family's cabin on Svalbard, while the family was inside. Plans...

State acts to help ‘save’ Svalbard

Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, facing harder times because of cutbacks at its controversial coal mine, is getting state assistance to diversify its economy....

Skiers shot polar bear on Svalbard

Four tourists from Finland who were out skiing on Svalbard over the weekend felt forced to shoot one of the archipelago's protected polar bears, when...

Chechens brag about Svalbard transfer

Concerns were rising in Norway on Thursday over whether Russian and now Chechen officials have once again tried to provoke Norwegian authorities on Svalbard,...

Record little ice, record thin ozone

As Southern Norway basked in unseasonably warm sunshine this week came news of record little ice in the Arctic and reports that the Barents Sea...

Little progress as coal dust settles

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway made international headlines last year, and won lots of positive feedback, when the Norwegian Parliament ordered the country's huge sovereign wealth...

Svalbard grapples with great change

It's cold again now, but residents of Norway's Arctic island group of Svalbard were basking in highly unusual temperatures on New Year's Eve that resembled...

Polar bears make a surprise comeback

Researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute had some good news to report just in time for the Christmas holidays: Polar bears seem to be...

Child’s death deepens avalanche grief

The small resident community on Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard was mourning the death on Monday of the child who was critically injured in...
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