Cecilia Blomdahl, originally from Sweden, has lived on Svalbard for five years. The small Norwegian archipelago sits about halfway between Norway and the North Pole. Anyone can move there visa-free, ...

Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago by the North Pole, is one of the world's few visa-free zones. But residents who can't support themselves or find housing can be expelled by the governor. Insider ...

Svalbard is one of the most remote, dramatic, and extreme destinations on Earth — a place defined by polar bears, glaciers, Arctic silence, 24‑hour darkness, 24‑hour sunlight, and a rugged beauty that ...

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — Sky-gazers looked up in awe Friday as the moon blocked the sun in a total solar eclipse that momentarily darkened a slice of northern Europe. The most spectacular viewing came ...

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway – Sky-gazers looked up in awe Friday as the moon blocked the sun in a total solar eclipse that momentarily darkened a slice of northern Europe. The most spectacular viewing came ...

Svalbard's "strategic relevance does not necessarily lie in the island itself, but in the waters around it," Barbara Kunz, director of the European Security Programme at Stockholm peace research ...

LONGYEARBYEN, Svalbard - There are no outward signs of jitters, at least not yet: people in Svalbard are going about their daily lives as normal despite speculation that this Norwegian archipelago ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A polar bear attacked a campsite Monday in Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard Islands, injuring a French tourist, authorities said, adding that the wounds weren’t ...

Longyearbyen, Norway — For the best view of the solar spectacle of the year, Svalbard eclipsed the Faeroe Islands. Sky-gazers in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard popped champagne corks, ...

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AP) — Sky-gazers looked up in awe Friday as the moon blocked the sun in a total solar eclipse that momentarily darkened a slice of northern Europe. The most spectacular viewing ...