Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the resource-rich polar ...

Svalbard, a remote Norwegian archipelago located close to the North Pole, is known for its stunning landscapes, harsh Arctic ...

The Svalbard treaty restricts military use of the archipelago, but the islands are not a demilitarised zone. Russia has in the past accused Norway of militarising Svalbard, which Oslo denies.

Since 2008, 1.3 million seed varieties from 128 countries have been deposited in the global seed vault, located in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. It serves as a life insurance policy in case of ...

The forthcoming CD release from the acclaimed tuba and saxophone duo of Gideon Jukes and Rie Takeuchi is inspired by one of ...

Norway's King Harald made a highly symbolic visit on Monday to the country's Svalbard archipelago, located in an Arctic region coveted by superpowers like the United States, Russia and China.

There are long-term patterns in how Russia approaches Norway on Svalbard. Over the years, Moscow’s proposals for bilateral ...

James Bradley studies the microbes thriving in extremely cold environments. “This photograph, taken in February, captured the ...

In one of the world’s most remote and inhospitable regions, an old building on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has been transformed into Huset—a fine dining restaurant that defies all odds. Once a ...

Arctic peatlands are expanding as the climate warms, new research showed Thursday, a change that could slow global heating in ...

The Svalbard treaty restricts military use of the archipelago, but the islands are not a demilitarised zone. Russia has in the past accused Norway of militarising Svalbard, which Oslo denies.

Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the resource-rich polar ...