Russia's ultranationalistic and xenophobic party leader Sergei Mironov proposes to Russify names and places across the Arctic ...

When the Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, it greatly reduced the threat of global nuclear war. But on January 25, 1995, that threat once again came front and center when ...

If you rode the Gulf Stream's main branch, the North Atlantic Current, all the way north, you'd end up in the West Spitsbergen Current off the coast of Svalbard. There the warm, salty current ...

Ecotourism is becoming popular in Svalbard, with a number of larger ... Some smaller vessels even perform a full circumnavigation of Spitsbergen island, if the amount of sea ice allows.

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. The remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has long captivated adventurers and nature enthusiasts with its pristine landscapes ...

This highlights the vulnerability of glaciers to climate change, especially in Svalbard, a region experiencing rapid warming up to seven times faster than the global average." The research team ...

TASS/. Norway may entangle Spitsbergen (Svalbard) in the Ukrainian conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing. "We have drawn attention to the push in Norway ...

Weather forecast for Nordvest-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark for the next 10 days.

Turning his attention to Spitsbergen, which falls under Norwegian sovereignty but allows Russia certain economic activities due to the Svalbard Treaty of 1920, Gurulev argued for overturning its ...

TASS/. Moscow and Oslo are conducting consultations on the Spitsbergen situation and Russia will adequately respond to the violations of the 1920 Svalbard Treaty, Russian Consul General on ...