The hantavirus-ridden MV Hondius is preparing to welcome a fresh batch of passengers – just weeks after a deadly outbreak ...

At the appropriately named "Corpse Point" in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, the permafrost is melting, ...

Secret Atlas has announced a redesign of its flagship vessel, MV Freya, now featuring six dedicated single cabins for independent explorers.

Explorer Richard Byrd (left) and pilot Floyd Bennett (right) wearing fur parkas, circa 1926 Bettmann via Getty Images On May 9, 1926, two naval aviators, explorer Richard Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett, ...

Nearly 180 years after they died of cold and starvation in the Canadian Arctic, four crewmembers who perished in the Franklin expedition have been identified thanks to genetic analyses that matched ...

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Svalbard reindeer live in a place so remote they have actually evolved to become a subspecies. But that remoteness isn't enough to protect them from contaminants from the industrial world. Researchers ...

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 could be the next Arctic ...

Here’s how to make the most of each distinct season in Norway's northernmost region — from snowmobiling across the Finnmark Plateau to witnessing the annual reindeer migration. Areas above the Arctic ...

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Adriana Craciun, Boston University (THE CONVERSATION) Two-thirds of the world’s food ...