Latest from Svalbard

This video, from National Geographic, shows the interior of the big global seed vault built in the Svalbard islands, near Longyearbyen.

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

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,

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.

BARENTSBURG film trailer directed by Adrian Briscoe from Adrian Briscoe on Vimeo. Read the information about the movie in the Barentsburg film web site.