Svalbard

Feb. 6 is the annual Sami National Day, and this year’s event marks the 100th anniversary of the date when Norwegian and Swedish Sami officials came together to hold the …

One month after applying to be an Arctic Economic Council (AEC) Northern Partner, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation’s (ASRC) application has been unanimously approved. This makes ASRC the first organization in …

A concrete triangle juts out of the side of a mountain in Svalbard, Norway. It could almost fade into the mountain when it’s covered in snow in the winter months …

The environment in the Arctic region is now changing significantly due to increased temperature, thinning and decrease of the sea ice, melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, thawing permafrost and …

IB World Schools from across the Barents region are working to help create sustainable future societies Distance didn’t stand in the way of three schools in Norway and Russia coming …

Telenor said Svalbard archipelago is Norway’s most modern community, and its communications network is now entirely free of copper. Digital telephony started in Longyearbyen in 1990, with the arrival of …

There’s a storm off the Lofoten Islands, its force threatening to overcome our little Zodiac boat. But this morning, it’s not wind and water being whipped into a frenzy: the …

The fossil was originally found on Spitzbergen, the largest island of Svalbard, in 1962. Fifty years later it was rediscovered amongst uncatalogued material in the storage shelves of the University …

The Arctic remains high on the European Union’s foreign policy agenda after the Council of the European Union – the EU institution that represents the governments of the EU’s Member …

The Norwegian ministry of culture has announced that it will establish an art foundation and artist residency in Longyearbyen—one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas—which is located on an archipelago …

Kerry toured Svalbard on Thursday with Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende and head of the Norwegian Polar Institute Jan Gunnar Winther. In Kongsfjorden, not far from the world’s …

The Government is partnering with private actors to establish a new foundation with a mandate to develop an art residence and atelier on Svalbard. Partners include the Queen Sonja Print …

One of Canada’s submarines has set off for Norway in its second attempt at the transatlantic crossing after being forced to turn around due to a mechanical problem. The navy …

By strengthening research, tourism and the general businesses the government will develop Svalbard further. This is revealed in the White Paper regarding Svalbard presented by the government today. – The …

The Saami (previously known in English as Laplanders) are the only recognised indigenous people of Europe. But they rarely make international headlines. Unlike most indigenous peoples in the post-colonial world, …

The UN is urging Norway to shut down its coal mining operations on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard due to concerns due to a clash of interest with the islands’ …

Fearing that his Pacific island nation could be swallowed by a rising ocean, the president of Kiribati says a visit to the melting Arctic has helped him appreciate the scale …

Despite a cold political climate, the United States and Russia cooperated on a secret September voyage with highly enriched uranium from Poland to Murmansk, Russia. Norwegian radiation authorities were not …

A Norwegian local resident told Norwegian broadcaster NRK he thought the cruise ship took a chance by sailing close to the rocky coast on its way into the quay. This …

Arctic Biodiversity Congress gathers Arctic leaders to discuss sustainability- Trondheim, Norway, December 2-4, 2014. Over 400 Arctic leaders, scientists, government representatives, indigenous peoples, and members of industry and non-governmental organizations …

The United Nations called on Norway last summer to close its coal mining operation on the Svalbard Arctic archipelago. It did. The government of Norway, which has the world’s largest …

U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr. will visit Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Russia for consultations with key Arctic stakeholders, January 15–27, ahead of the …

The so-called “doomsday vault” located on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard has received its first delivery of forest tree species seeds – a Norway spruce and a Scots pine. The …

As Russia strengthens its naval, air and ground forces in its northern territories, Norway has responded by scaling-up manpower, equipment and Arctic combat units as part of a broader reinforcement …

Sky-gazers in the Arctic were treated to a perfect view of a total solar eclipse yesterday as the moon completely blocked out the sun in a clear sky, casting a …