Pregnant polar bear females usually enter the den in late autumn and remain there throughout the winter. They don't eat ...

NATO members and other allies would do well to start thinking about how they’d respond if Russia took action against one of ...

Russia has accused Norway of militarizing the Svalbard archipelago in violation of the Svalbard Treaty. The Russian Foreign Ministry has stated that Norway is increasingly integrating Svalbard into ...

Once, we woke up to the captain calling everyone to the deck. A young polar bear was attempting to board Barba. We kept it at ...

This morning, polar guide Eric Philips and three fellow astronauts will blast off into space from Florida's Cape Canaveral ...

From April 19 until August 23, the remote Svalbard Islands experience a natural phenomenon known as the midnight sun, according to Visit Svalbard. During this time, the sun never dips below the ...

James McCorkindale, Lee Graham and Arctic expedition leader Kasper Jæger are facing -40C temperatures, 186 miles (300km) of ...

The country supports some of the world’s most important satellites. But experts worry about its proximity to Russia.

James McCorkindale is setting off on a never-done-before route in the Arctic A trio are attempting to cross the High Arctic on a never-done-before route across Svalbard. James McCorkindale ...

The proposal to rename Svalbard as the "Pomor Islands" by Sergey Mironov reflects Russia's focus on asserting its historic ...

The Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight around Earth’s polar regions, as the commander shares with Spectrum ...

Sudan’s diverse crops and agricultural heritage are at risk of being lost. The ongoing conflict in Sudan is claiming lives and threatening livelihoods and food security. In the chaos of conflict, ...