The Arctic outpost meant to safeguard humanity’s future is now ground zero for a host of issues linked to climate change.

Scientists played a key role in the struggle to make Svalbard Norwegian, but the greatest polar scientist of them all was ...

A polar bear has been shot dead after apparently attempting to attack residents on Norway's Svalbard archipelago. According to the local authorities on Thursday, the police were told that the polar ...

The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was ...

New regulations present challenges to wildlife viewing in Svalbard, but they haven’t sent tourism into a deep freeze, says ...

Beneath the Arctic mountains in Svalbard, a vault safeguards 13,000 years of agricultural and cultural history, alongside 21 ...

Forget Greenland, Svalbard and Antarctica. Getting to one of the world’s most isolated places isn’t easy, but this island ...

Why Antarctica is not just about penguins, snow, and scientific research: what political confrontation involving Russia and ...

The multination Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) has since last weekend  been patrolling the Norwegian- and Barents Seas in what is said to "protect critical sea lines of communication" and ...

Three frigates, a navy tanker and maritime surveillance aircraft have over the last week sailed inside the Arctic Circle, ...

Dr Frederik Paulsen, a pharmaceuticals magnate and advocate for polar regions, was awarded the honour in Russia ...

A fantastic alien adventure can be found on our very own planet by studying the microbial life in Earth's crust, according to ...