Tag: Svalbard

Svalbard offers Himalayan insight

India is increasingly interested in studying climate change in Norway's far northern archipelago of Svalbard, which could help Indian scientists better understand changes in...

Skiers shot polar bear on Svalbard

Two skiers with dogs said they felt forced to shoot a polar bear on Svalbard Thursday evening when it ran towards them while they...

Polar bear shot during break-in

An overly curious and determined polar bear made the mistake of his life when he tried to break into a hytte (cabin) on Svalbard...

Film team fined on Svalbard

A film team working for the BBC on Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard is being fined NOK 50,000 (nearly USD 10,000) for allegedly disturbing...

CO2 levels rise again on Svalbard

The impact of global warming has mostly fallen off the front pages of Norwegian newspapers recently, but new evidence from Norway's far northern archipelago...

Labour backs new Svalbard coal mine

Norway's Labour Party was attracting more criticism from environmental organizations on Tuesday, after its parliamentary group decided to support the opening of a new...

Polar bear attack investigated

The polar bear attack on a group of British tourists on the Svalbard archipelago last Friday - which left one dead and four moderately...

Polar bear kills one on Svalbard

UPDATED: A polar bear has killed a 17-year-old British tourist and moderately or seriously injured four others who were part of a British school...

Svalbard suddenly in royal spotlight

Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard was suddenly getting a lot of extra attention this week, when Prince Harry of Wales landed at Longyearbyen to...

Firm strikes gold on Svalbard

After several months analyzing more than three tons of material excavated from Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic, Canadian and Swedish experts have...
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