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Svalbard

since 2025 › Jan › 25 (Sat) @ 07:22 UTC

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4 months ago

‘The world’s memory’: why Nigeria is burying its history under a mountain in Svalbard ⊕

found 2026 › Mar › 17 (Tue) @ 10:39 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

It is the first African country to deposit data in the Arctic World Archive, a storage facility designed to preserve records of everything from cultural practices to historical events

A decommissioned…

5 months ago

Without US military support, we need a European defence union. Here’s what that looks like | Paul Taylor ⊕⊕

found 2026 › Feb › 18 (Wed) @ 05:27 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The fledgling ‘coalition of the willing’ assembled for Ukraine could form the basis for an urgent European security response

After a year of Donald Trump’s second term and two Munich Security Confere…

Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say ○

found 2026 › Jan › 29 (Thu) @ 17:05 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

11 months ago

Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt ○

found 2025 › Aug › 15 (Fri) @ 11:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems

“It felt really scary … like being in the middle of a burning city during a night raid.” D…

The looming military threat in the Arctic ○

found 2025 › Aug › 12 (Tue) @ 17:10 UTC

a story from The Economist ✅ › Europe

Great-power competition in the far north puts renewed attention on Svalbard

12 months ago

The Arctic is turning GREEN thanks to climate change: Shocking photos snapped in winter reveal widespread snowmelt and blooming vegetation ○

found 2025 › Jul › 21 (Mon) @ 09:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

At Svalbard, Norway this winter, scientists encountered exceptionally high temperatures, widespread snowmelt, and blooming vegetation - all symptoms of global warming.

13 months ago

I visited Europe's largest wilderness - where it's illegal to go outside without a weapon and seal is on the menu ○

found 2025 › Jun › 11 (Wed) @ 14:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

John Gimlette spends a week in Svalbard, a little-known destination in Sweden where the latest Mission Impossible was filmed.

Freeze frame! David Lammy snaps an Arctic selfie on taxpayer-funded trip ○

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 00:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Mr Lammy boarded a boat with Norway's foreign minister Espen Barth Eide to view a melting glacier in Svalbard. He is on a three-day tour to Norway and Iceland.

16 months ago

Watch the heartwarming moment three tiny polar bear cubs emerge from their den for very first time - in incredible footage that took 10 YEARS to capture ○

found 2025 › Feb › 27 (Thu) @ 18:24 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

An adorable video shows the moment three tiny polar bear cubs emerged from the den with their mum for the first time on the remote island of Svalbard, Norway.

Inside the Doomsday Vault: Rare footage provides a glimpse inside secretive bunker in the Arctic - as more than 14,000 new samples are added ○

found 2025 › Feb › 27 (Thu) @ 18:24 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Located on a mountainside on Spitsbergen, an island in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, the vault houses 'spare copies' of over 1.3 million seed varieties.

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