When I moved to Longyearbyen, there were a few things that took me by surprise. Residents here receive a ration card limiting how much beer and spirits they can buy. Because we live near polar bears, ...

The world's northernmost town is Longyearbyen in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. The town is 800 miles from the North Pole and one of the most remote human settlements on Earth. Longyearbyen ...

"It's 1:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. and you have all of the stars in the sky... You feel like you're in the galaxy," Cecilia Blomdahl tells PEOPLE of living in Svalbard Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter ...

Tucked in the Barents Sea, over 1,000 kilometres from mainland Norway, lies the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Known ...

Tucked in the Barents Sea, Svalbard enforces a century-old rule — no one can be born or die there, preserving both life and its fragile ecosystem ...

The remote archipelago of Svalbard offers travelers an unparalleled opportunity to witness some of the Arctic's most magnificent wildlife in their natural habitat. This Norwegian territory, renowned ...

A photo taken on January 18, 2024 in Longyearbyen, the largest town in Svalbard, during the long polar night of these ...

On a wind-blasted plateau high above the most northerly town on Earth, arrays of white spherical domes stand like sentinels in the Arctic snow. Hidden from casual observers below in Longyearbyen, the ...

"It's 1:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. and you have all of the stars in the sky... You feel like you're in the galaxy," Cecilia Blomdahl tells PEOPLE of living in Svalbard Cecilia Blomdahl sheds light on her ...

Cecilia Blomdahl sheds light on her life living in total darkness for approximately three months of the year on a small arctic island near the North Pole called Svalbard. She explains the positives ...