A town so isolated from the world that residents are prohibited from owning cats is a claim that has been online since at least October 2022. It's been shared across a number of social media platforms ...

Norway is expanding oil drilling operations farther north into the Arctic. Environmentalists are concerned about the fragile Arctic ecosystem, and campaigners worry relations with Russia will ...

A recent CNN report revealed that the infrastructure of the world's northernmost commercial airport, located in Svalbard, Norway, is under threat as the permafrost beneath it starts to melt. Svalbard ...

Deep beneath an icy Norwegian mountain above the Arctic Circle lies the largest concentration of agricultural diversity on Earth. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, also known as the "Doomsday" vault or ...

"We are losing the Svalbard we know. We are losing the Arctic as we know it." Icebergs float like doomed islands past the small boat as it makes its way through a fjord filled with the slush of a ...

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway – Sky-gazers looked up in awe Friday as the moon blocked the sun in a total solar eclipse that momentarily darkened a slice of northern Europe. The most spectacular viewing came ...

Tired of the divisiveness in the United States? You’re not alone. A whopping 2,909 Americans gave up their citizenship in the first three months of 2020 — faster than ever before, according to ...

Unlike Australia’s publicity job postings, Norway’s needs are authentic and provide real insight into the setting and culture of these remote islands. Want to work in the great outdoors? Comfortable ...

Svalbard, Norway, offers an unparalleled Arctic adventure, boasting abundant polar bears and extreme natural phenomena like ...

Grim the Finnish Lapphund lives in Svalbard, Norway, with his owner Cecilia Blomdahl Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

With over one million followers, outdoor photographer Cecilia Blomdahl creates TikTok videos of herself swimming in near-freezing water, dog walking while dodging polar bears, and shows what life is ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) -Russia accused Norway of militarising the Svalbard archipelago, a claim Norway denied in a comment to news agency NTB after Russia on Friday had summoned the Norwegian ambassador ...