A Dutch polar expedition to Spitsbergen to study the effects of climate change is being scuppered by the presence of hungry polar bears, broadcaster NOS reports. The polar bears have been trapped ...

For years, methane emissions from the seabed have been observed in the Arctic Ocean off Spitsbergen. The assumption that the warming of seawater by climate change is responsible for the release of ...

Carbonates and rare shales of the ca 700-800 Ma old Draken Conglomerate Formation, northeastern Spitsbergen, preserve a record of environmental variation within a Neoproterozoic tidal flat/lagoon ...

It's late morning on board the MS Trollfjord when the announcement comes through: "Land in sight!" Welcome news after sailing 523 nautical miles - 970 kilometres - the distance between Honningsvag and ...

Researchers have discovered the oldest known remains of a giant ancient oceanic reptile, known as an ichthyosaur, on a remote Arctic island, offering new evidence of how the creature may have evolved.

Members of the Norwegian royal family, including King Harald V (88) and Queen Sonja (87), celebrated a special occasion on Wednesday: the 100th anniversary of the so-called Spitsbergen Treaty, which ...

LONGYEARBYEN, Spitsbergen – If you come to this remote Arctic outpost, where there are more polar bears (3,000) than humans (2,500) and the sun doesn’t set from mid-April to late August, get used to ...

The Bathonian to Ryazanian succession of Central Spitsbergen consists mainly of shales with high to intermediate organic content, and preserves an essentially continuous foraminiferal record composed ...

HX has announced significant refurbishments for two of its most popular smaller ships, MS Fram and MS Spitsbergen. The company is investing more than €7 (approximately $7.2) million for the upgrades.