Climate change scientists are sending out a warning after satellite images confirmed that Arctic glaciers are shrinking. Glaciologists working in Norway's Svalbard archipelago are using satellite ...

3. Bask in the midnight sun During the summer months in Svalbard, when the North Pole is angled closest to the sun, the archipelago experiences perpetual daylight.

Dramatic video captures escape from polar bear in Pyramiden, a town in Norway's archipelago of Svalbard. (Credit: Rebecca Baack via Storyful) NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!

Context: Political History of Svalbard The origin of Svalbard’s unique legal status may be traced to its role as a locus for commerce and trade centuries ago. Initially named Spitsbergen by the Dutch ...

Non-native, invasive species are among the world’s biggest environmental problems. The Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard has been unaffected – up until now.

Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the resource-rich polar ...

Lina Stock /Courtesy of Divergent Travelers The chance to come face-to-face with this adorable seal was all thanks to an Aurora Expeditions cruise. I was on the Sylvia Earle following the Svalbard ...

The last piece of privately-owned land in the Arctic archipelago Svalbard is up for sale for a cool 300 million euros ($324 million). Spanning 14,830 acres (23.2 square miles), the land has ...

Svalbard reindeer have been living on this archipelago for 5,000 years. Over that time, they have been very isolated from other populations of reindeer on mainland Europe.