Norway: cruise passenger killed
A 60-year-old American cruise liner passenger was killed when a rubber inflatable dinghy that was carrying her and other passengers on the ship to sho...
Killer polar bear ‘had toothache’
A polar bear which killed a British teenager in Norway earlier this month was probably excessively aggressive because he had toothache, a veterinarian...
One killed and four injured in Norway polar bear attack
A British schoolboy has been killed and four other people injured after a viscous polar bear attack in Norway.
High methane levels in Svalbard
Methane was found bubbling on the sea bed in the Svalbard Islands, according to the Barents Observer. More than 250 plumes of methane bubbles were dis...
Record breaking Svalbard school intake
The Svalbard archipelago off northern Norway is far above the Arctic Circle and famous for its new international seed vault and for Longyearbyen, the ...
Global Seed Vault celebrates first anniversary
The revolutionary Global Seed Vault, a depository of millions of seed samples from around the world, has just celebrated its first anniversary. The un...
Norway wants passport control for Svalbard
In a move that surprised just about everyone in Norway’s government, the Justice Ministry announced suddenly that it wants all travellers to and from ...
Russian navy resumes Arctic sea patrols
The Russian navy has resumed its patrols of the Arctic sea around the Svalbard archipelago, an area claimed by both Russia and Norway. There has been ...