Bear Island is a small island nestled between Spitsbergen and the North Cape, at the limits of the Norwegian and Barents Sea.

Rifle and flare gun are mandatory when Inge Jørstad walks over the permafrost to the large solar park powering Basecamp ...

DroneTV, powered by AirVuz, presents a breathtaking aerial journey to the opposite ends of our planet, as featured pilots ...

Radio took us to both ends of the Earth this week. On Sunday night on Radio 4 Laura Bullens was in Longyearbyen on the Norwegian archipelago ...

At 66, Robertsen retired after enduring spartan conditions during missions that totalled eight years on two islands of the Svalbard archipelago ... Less ice, fewer bears Since his first missions to ...

Arctic peatlands are expanding with rising temperatures, storing more carbon at least for now. But future warming could ...

The animals are a key draw for people embarking on sailings to Norwegian-ruled archipelago Svalbard, as they can be observed ...

Scientists used satellite data, drones and on-the-ground observations to assess the edges of existing peatlands (waterlogged ...

Exclusive: Government in Oslo says keeping a distance protects the Arctic predators, but critic says the motto is ‘We’re not ...

Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard ...

Scientists estimate there are around 300 polar bears in the Svalbard archipelago and roughly 2,000 in the broader region stretching from the North Pole to the Barents Sea.

Environment News: Scientists study polar bears in Svalbard, Norway to investigate how pollutants affect their health amidst climate change. The research offers new insights into the bears ...