Spring is the season home gardeners plant seeds for the vegetables they hope to harvest in the fall. Unbeknownst to most of us, a team of experts is looking much further ahead -- taking extraordinary ...

Interest in travel to the Arctic region has been so high that Svalbard introduced a passenger limit on cruise ships at the ...

There is barely any human population or infrastructure in Svalbard. What is there is wildlife. Walruses, seals, reindeer and, of course, polar bears are a big draw for expedition sailings there. To ...

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The Arctic is warming at an unprecedented rate, causing glaciers to shrink faster than ever. Svalbard, an Arctic Archipelago that is part of Norway, lies roughly halfway between the country’s ...

Of all the things I'm allowed to do in the Arctic town of Longyearbyen, dying isn't one of them. "The government simply won't allow it," says our guide Hella Liira. Given that I'm on foot in polar ...

From hygge to healthcare, Scandinavians seem to have put their well-being first, and it hasn't gone unnoticed. Nordic countries are consistently ranked among the world's happiest countries as well as ...

Heidi Sevestre remembers the dramatic, otherworldly experience of approaching a surging glacier for the first time. In 2013, as her research team’s boat drew close to the Norwegian archipelago of ...

Deep inside the Arctic Circle, the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is home to the world's northernmost permanent settlement, Longyearbyen, which is estimated to be heating at six times the global ...

For most people, winter tourism is usually based around ski resorts or winter sun destinations. Few people would consider traveling to the extreme northern latitudes where the sun doesn’t rise for ...