The 17th- and 18th-century whalers’ graves on Svalbard, some of the Arctic’s unique and fragile archaeological sites, are under severe threat from climate change. Once preserved by permafrost and cold ...

What happens in Svalbard doesn’t look like it’ll be staying in Svalbard. The archipelago is located nearly 1,000 kilometers from Norway’s northernmost city, Tromsø, and is home to just 3,000-or-so ...

In 2023, archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research embarked on a mission to explore the ...

Seeds from 19 species of African trees have been added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. The trees were selected by the World Agroforestry Center for their value to communities across ...