Svalbard’s brilliant and deeply personal new album, The Weight Of The Mask, comes out on Friday. Serena Cherry guides us through its emotional valleys, one song at a time… On Friday, Brit metallers ...

As a rare exception, this off-the-beaten-path destination in Europe allows people to live there without a visa, though there are a few catches.

Polar bears near the remote archipelago of Svalbard are getting heavier, not thinner, even as the sea ice they depend on continues to shrink. New research points to conservation history as a key ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From exciting snowmobile tours to cosy cabin retreats, winter is a magical time to visit Svalbard's remote Arctic landscapes.

The world is at its quietest and most awe-inspiring in the planet’s remote reaches, where wildlife reigns and the planet’s stark beauty is on display. Located some 580 miles from the city of Tromsø in ...

There is barely any human population or infrastructure in Svalbard. What is there is wildlife. Walruses, seals, reindeer and, of course, polar bears are a big draw for expedition sailings there. To ...

Longyearbyen is the biggest settlement on the Norway-administered Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Despite not having a single case of COVID-19 reported so far, Svalbard’s economy has been hit hard by ...

Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A drone view of the Esmarkbreen glacier on Spitsbergen island in Norway HELSINKI (Reuters) -Russia accused Norway of militarising ...

The retreat of ice in the Barents Sea could be strengthening a key ocean current that regulates global climate.