Tag: Svalbard
Will require a health certificate in Svalbard – news Troms and Finnmark
Do you have a dream to see a polar bear before you die? Then maybe Svalbard is the best destination. But if you are already about to die, it can…
Sanctioned Russian research ships will examine the seabed off Finnmark and Svalbard – news Troms and Finnmark
– The Norwegian authorities must assume that the research has military purposes, says Åse Gilje Østensen to news. She is a researcher at the Norwegian Naval Academy and researches hybrid…
Sends ice from Svalbard to Antarctica before it melts – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries
The project involves collecting ice from various parts of the world, and storing it for the future in the coldest place on earth – Antarctica. On Holtedahlfonna, one of the…
Supreme Court with judgment on the Svalbard Treaty – news Troms and Finnmark
Today, the Supreme Court delivers its verdict on a civil lawsuit from the Latvian shipping company SIA North Star Ltd., which was convicted under the Marine Resources Act for having…
Tom Cruise refused a helicopter landing on Svalbard – news Troms and Finnmark
The British newspaper The Times reports that Tom Cruise has been refused a helicopter landing on Svalbard. According to The Times, the reason is that the helicopter will disturb wildlife.…
Rescue operation after skiers on Svalbard – news Troms and Finnmark
Crews from the Red Cross and the Governor have worked for many hours to retrieve the man, who is on the Rabot glacier (482 m above sea level) in Svalbard.…
Harbor spew can spread all the way to Svalbard, according to a new risk assessment – news Troms and Finnmark
– The biggest risk of harbor spew spreading further is as growth on ships, drilling rigs and other vessels. – Harbor spuds can also survive at lower temperatures, which means…
Sounding the alarm about high PFAS values around Svalbard – news – Klima
A group of researchers led by Dr William Hartz at the University of Oxford has studied ice samples from Svalbard. The result of the study is disturbing, writes The Guardian.…
Mildest January in Svalbard in 90 years – news Vestland
– It is as expected. It has been a formidable increase. That’s according to climate researcher Jostein Mamen at the Meteorological Institute. On an average January day on Svalbard in…
The Norwegian Environment Agency wants traffic on Svalbard to be severely tightened – news Troms and Finnmark
A cruise ship docks in a fjord arm on Svalbard. The tourists are then taken ashore by small boat to places such as Fjortende Julibukta, Ossian Sars and Bjørnfjorden. In…