Tag: Svalbard
Pictures from Svalbard: The glaciers are melting faster
2024 will be the hottest year in modern times and the target of no more than 1.5 degrees of global warming will be exceeded. This is shown by new statistics…
Record hot in Svalbard – the highest temperature in 49 years
Highest temperature in 49 years share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen A record amount of ice has melted on Svalbard this summer according to the EU’s Copernicus earth observation program. Photo:…
Norway reaffirms its sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, a highly strategic location
Norway has just put a stop to the planned sale of the Søre Fagerfjord domain on the strategic Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic. Located between mainland Norway and the North…
Crown Princess Victoria visits Svalbard: “Incredibly fragile area”
The Arctic is the part of the world where global warming is progressing the fastest. On the annual research trip with Oden, among others, Crown Princess Victoria and Climate and…
The Ukraine war echoes loudly on Arctic Svalbard
At the Kroa restaurant in Longyearbyen, thick down jackets hang on hooks between the tables. Outside, a dense darkness lies over snowy streets. We are just at the beginning of…
French tourist injured by polar bear in Svalbard
The woman belonged to a group of 25 people who camped at Sveasletta in northern Isfjorden, writes NRK. “The governor was informed a little before 08:30 in the morning about…
Tourist attacked by polar bear in Svalbard
A French tourist in his 40s was injured when a polar bear entered a tent camp and attacked on Svalbard on Monday morning. The tourist was part of a tour…
Bird flu threatens seabirds in northern Norway – the world’s northernmost infection was found in Svalbard during Midsummer week
Above the island of Hornøya in northern Norway, which is popular with Finnish birders, there is a risk of bird death. Norwegian scientists fear avian flu is spreading to the…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine tightened the atmosphere all the way to Norway’s Svalbard
Russian and Ukrainian miners have been working side by side in Barentsburg for decades. Now the gaps between the workers are freezing. The war may be far away, but the…