Svalbard Glaciers Then and Now: Christian Åslund’s Repeat Photographs
The mountains in each pair of pictures are the same. The ice is not. In 2002 the Swedish photographer Christian Åslund travelled to Svalbar...
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Midnight Sun in the Arctic: Where and When the Sun Never Sets
It is a minute past midnight in Longyearbyen, and the painted wooden houses of Svalbard glow in full sunshine. North of the Arctic Circle, ...
Svalbard Travel Guide: Arctic Seasons, Settlements and Wildlife
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago between 74° and 81° north, roughly halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. Glaciers cover ab...
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Inside the Arctic Backup for World Crops
High on a hillside above Longyearbyen airport in Svalbard, a narrow concrete wedge sticks out of the Arctic permafrost. Behind it, more tha...