The Norwegian government has given the go-ahead to a new coal mine in Svalbard, a high-arctic archipelago off the northern coast of Norway, despite clear objections from WWF and an acknowledgement ...

A set of Arctic islands, where more polar bears than people live, is plunged into up to 123 days of darkness every year, creating an incredible opportunity to see one of nature's most amazing phenomen ...

In past decades it was coal mining, not geopolitics, that drew people to Svalbard. Russia closed the loss-making Pyramiden ...