Soar over Longyearbyen, the world's northernmost town, nestled on the island of Spitsbergen in Norway's Svalbard archipelago.

History helps us make sense of the here and now by providing context and perspective. And sometimes history provides us with ...

Crowds of passengers disembarked and outnumbered local residents in the centre of Longyearbyen on Saturday.   Not long after ...

This photo taken on June 3, 2025 shows the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. Fourteen gene banks ...

This is the first time since Norway in 2011 introduced passport control on flights via the mainland that a dedicated ...

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Former minister Tobias Ellwood tells The i Paper he proposed buying land in the strategic Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard ...

Svalbard is often described as a remote, frozen wasteland. For conspiracy theorists, early visits to the Global Seed Vault by billionaires such as Bill Gates and George Soros, and representatives from ...

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

The Sea Spirit recently kicked off the 2025 season in Northern Europe and the Arctic for Poseidon Expeditions. After ...

Current local time in Longyearbyen (Arctic/Longyearbyen timezone). Get information about the Arctic/Longyearbyen time zone. Local time and date, DST adjusted (where ever daylight saving time is ...