Carrying a rifle and keeping an alcohol-ration card are a few things that surprised me about living in Longyearbyen, the ...

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Atmos. As Norway shutters its last coal mine, locals who remain in Svalbard fear they’re being left helpless against an emboldened, encroaching ...

The practice of deep-sea mining involves using heavy machinery ... to apply to mine in the country's national waters near the Svalbard archipelago. Norway's government said in June that it would ...

The history of Svalbard lies right on the surface – whalers graves, blubber ovens and abandoned Russian mining towns give evidence of people past. Whaling was once a lucrative industry of the ...

The Svalbard Museum offers a comprehensive insight into the archipelago's history, from its early exploration to the coal mining era, and the rich biodiversity that calls this polar region home.

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. The remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has long captivated adventurers and nature enthusiasts with its pristine landscapes ...

XTREAM aims to develop sustainable bioprocesses for fields like pharma and agriculture building on discoveries from extreme environments. o Areas ...

Several settlements on Svalbard, where around 2,500 people live, are populated by Russians, dating back to the Soviet era, who mostly live in the second-largest town of Barentsburg. The island is also ...