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New rules could see end of close-up polar bear photos in cruise brochures

The animals are a key draw for people embarking on sailings to Norwegian-ruled archipelago Svalbard, as they can be observed in their natural habit.

Evening Standard

Norway’s new rules to protect polar bears from tourists slammed as ‘conservation fascism’

Exclusive: Government in Oslo says keeping a distance protects the Arctic predators, but critic says the motto is ‘We’re not happy till you're not happy’

The Independent UK

Svalbard, Chios, El Hierro: How these European islands have successfully avoided overtourism

With limited land and fragile infrastructure, islands are some of the destinations worst affected by mass tourism.

Euronews

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The Beautiful Future Is Coming review – three tales of motherhood and climate anxiety

Flora Wilson Brown’s play spans 250 years of climate science – from 1850s New York to 2100 Svalbard – to examine what it means to bring a child into our ecologically inhospitable world

The Guardian - UK

The world’s northernmost airport says its runway is starting to melt due to climate change

Svalbard’s airport is working hard to reduce the effects of climate change as its runway has started to melt

The Independent UK

US and Russia squabble over Arctic security as melting ice opens up shipping routes

“You cannot annex another country.” This was the clear message given by the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, at a recent press conference with the outgoing and incoming prime ministers of Greenland. It did not appear aimed at Russian president Vladimir Putin, but at Donald Trump, the president of one…

The Conversation

Watch polar bear cubs emerge from their winter den for 1st time on Svalbard

For nearly a decade, researchers have gathered camera footage from outside the dens of female polar bears and their cubs on Svalbard, shedding light on the behaviors linked to denning.

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‘I know their names, what they eat’: tracking polar bears on Svalbard’s shifting icescapes

For more than 20 years, scientists have followed the animals in Norway’s Arctic archipelago to understand how they may adapt to changing threats as the ice they depend on melts

The Guardian - UK

Best total solar eclipse 2026 cruises for the ultimate adventure

From Arctic frontiers to Mediterranean shores: The greatest 2026 total solar eclipses to give you the best view of totality.

Space

We built an AI model that analysed millions of images of retreating glaciers – what it found is alarming

The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the global average since 1979. Svalbard, an archipelago near the northeast coast of Greenland, is at the frontline of this climate change, warming up to seven times faster than the rest of the world.

The Conversation

Earth from space: Svalbard's radioactive 'Bear Island' surrounded by rare cloud swirls and a giant algal bloom

A 2023 satellite image captured a pair of peculiar phenomena painting parallel swirls in the sea and sky around Norway's Bear Island, which is surrounded by extremely radioactive waters left behind by a doomed Soviet submarine.

LiveScience

What it’s like to move to where the sun never rises

Those who live in the dark say it’s not as bad as it sounds

The Independent UK

This Doomsday Vault May Hold The Key Food Security In An Unpredictable Future

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic — and very real — value of seeds.

Inverse

‘People do not want to believe it is true’: the photographer capturing the vanishing of glaciers

Christian Åslund was shocked at the difference between what he saw in 2002 and what confronted him this summer

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The Conversation

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds

Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of thousands of crop varieties around the world. This biodiversity protected agriculture from crop losses caused by plant diseases…

The Guardian - UK

‘A huge loss’: is it the end for the ship that helped us understand life on Earth?

The Joides Resolution has contributed to our understanding of climate crisis, the origin of life, earthquakes and eruptions. But funding cuts mean it may have sailed its last expedition

LiveScience

'Dragon' and 'tree of life' hydrothermal vents discovered in Arctic region scientists thought was geologically dead

Researchers have discovered a deep-sea hydrothermal vent field near Svalbard in an area previously assumed to be geologically inactive. The newfound vents have been named after various entities from Norse mythology.

The Independent UK

How to cool off with bears and ‘bergs on Arctic holidays this summer

As the ice melts, now is the time to explore the far north

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The Independent UK

The remote Arctic islands that Norway is desperate to keep hold of

Around 60% of Svalbard’s 3,000 inhabitants are Norwegians, while the rest comes from a wide variety of nations

International Business Times

For Sale: Unique Piece Of Land In Strategic Arctic Archipelago

The last piece of privately owned land in the strategic Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic is up for grabs, a property likely to entice China but which Norway does not intend to let go without a fight.

The Guardian - UK

‘Wonderful experience’: Researcher’s close encounter with Svalbard polar bears

Meteorologist says bears were not aggressive but they fired signal gun to scare them away

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James Gunn Reveals Details About Superman Reboot Filming Locations

James Gunn reveals insights into his Superman reboot, including filming at the ice fortress in Svalbard. Exciting details on cast, storyline, and upcoming ...

International Business Times

Russia's Isolation Takes Toll On Arctic Climate Science

Glaciologist Andrew Hodson used to collaborate with his Russian colleagues in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, but snowmobile excursions to see them have come to a halt since the war in Ukraine.

The Conversation

The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it

The Arctic’s climate is warming at least four times faster than the global average, causing irrevocable changes to this vast landscape and precarious ecosystem – from the anticipated extinction of polar bears to the appearance of killer whales in ever-greater numbers. A new study suggests the Arctic Ocean could be…

The Guardian - UK

Svalbard: the Arctic islands where we can see the future of global heating

The Norwegian archipelago is warming six times faster than the global average, with potentially disastrous results, especially for species such as the polar bear

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