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

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 ...

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