Temperatures at the North Pole soared 20°C above average this Sunday, surpassing the melting threshold. According to models ...

The Inuit stayed away. Even today, as tourists enjoy daily air service from Oslo, just 2,500 people live here year-round, many working in Svalbard's coal mines. Winter brings perpetual darkness.

The ice-locked land is freed from the grips of winter, and Svalbard becomes the land of the midnight sun. Svalbard consists of five main islands, Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, Edgeøya and ...

and the allure of endless summer days and total darkness in the winter. In recent years, Svalbard has attracted a more mainstream traveler. More package tours became available, and many more ...

Climate change is affecting Svalbard. Average winter temperatures have risen by more than six degrees Celsius in just 50 years - a far greater increase than most other places on the planet.

Norwegian soldiers have embarked on the longest mid-winter training exercise in recent history, cutting all contact with the ...