To get from A to B, you must first get to A, and there it is, right outside the porthole, gleaming in the pre-breakfast sun.

The Story of Svalbard Global Seed Vault explores how this remote Norwegian facility preserves crop biodiversity and ...

"Witnessing the 2026 solar eclipse from a cruise ship offers an unparalleled vantage point, all while enjoying the serene ...

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

In the early hours of May 12, 1926, the navigator of the Norge cried “Here we are!” The airship had reached the North Pole.

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 ...

Twenty-four minutes after its launch, the rocket fell into the sea near Spitsbergen, the only permanently inhabited island on the Svalbard archipelago. The entire incident was over as quickly as ...

In 1865, in the wake of the Civil War, the U.S. began looking to expand its influence on the world stage. This happened at ...

After World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution, the newly formed Soviet Union looked to bolster its presence in the Arctic by purchasing mining rights on the archipelago of Svalbard (Spitsbergen to ...

Svalbard is located in the most rapidly warming region of the Arctic and experiences frequent climate extremes. It is adjacent to the main pathway of the warm Atlantic Water towards the Arctic Ocean ...

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

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