A research team from ETH Zurich and WSL traveled to Spitsbergen this summer to take a closer look at the phenomenon of Arctic greening. Project manager Sebastian Dötterl discusses research in the ...

Visitors in Spitsbergen can enjoy exotic outdoor activities such as arctic kayaking, hiking through glacier caves, and dog-sled safaris. Related articles Beautiful but remote island just as pretty ...

With the Arctic warming three times faster than the rest of the planet, can travel to the region ever be sustainable? Select tours to Svalbard suggest small group trips may be a force for good.

Spitsbergen: Remote Arctic island hides ‘doomsday vault’ A secluded island nestled in the Arctic Ocean is the home to a dangerous apex predator and a “doomsday” vault.

The fossil was found on Spitsbergen, a Norwegian island, along the coast of a deep fjord, the Swedish and Norweigian research team said in a paper published Monday in the journal Current Biology.

It takes another 36 hours to reach the next port, with the map coordinates 78°15' N: Longyearbyen, the main town of Spitsbergen. Along the way, you can see humpback and fin whales.

THE question of the government of the Arctic isles of Spitsbergen is occupying an international commission, and meanwhile Prof. H. ConwentE opportunely directs attention to the need for the ...

Three days ago, Simon Calder disembarked from an expedition ship after an astonishing Arctic voyage around Spitsbergen. Polar bears posed for the cameras, the sea ice closed in – and the sun ...

ST. PETERSBURG, December 13. /TASS/. The Clean Arctic federal project plans to begin a cleanup mission on Spitsbergen in spring, 2023, the project's COB Ruslan Gubaidullin told TASS. "From May, we ...