Inside the Svalbard Seed Vault [Video]
This video, from National Geographic, shows the interior of the big global seed vault built in the Svalbard islands, near Longyearbyen.
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The islands of Svalbard
The Svalbard archipelago does not include Spitsbergen only, the biggest and inhabitated one, but also several other islands. In the web site you can find a list of the principal islands of Svalbard.
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Marine-biological experiment at Svalbard
More than 30 scientists from various European countries are currently travelling to Ny-Ålesund. During the next six weeks, they will participate in a large-scale study about the effect of increased CO2-concentrations on the pelagic marine ecosystem. The experiment is part of the EU-project EPOCA about Ocean Acidification, addressing one of the most critical topics in
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Foxil tracks in Svalbard
About 60 million years ago a pantodont was walking along a Svalbard sea shore. The fossil footprints of this mammal were discovered in 2006, the first discovery of fossil mammal tracks on Spitsbergen. Now these tracks have gotten a formal name: Thulitheripus svalbardii. It is in a recently published article in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,
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Polar bear in Longyearbyen
A polar bear has been seen yesterday morning, 7.30 am, near Longyearbyen. Polar bear in Longyearbyen – Photo: Sysselmann The complete article, in norwegian, on Nordlys.
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