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Spitsbergen is a dream destination for Mette-Marit of Norway. The Crown Princess now showed how dear the archipelago is to her heart at an event in Oslo.
It's the last major stage on the Spitsbergen route of the Norwegian shipping company Hurtigruten. The company discontinued the service in the 1980s, but resumed it this past summer.
The cold climate also makes Spitsbergen the perfect place for a “doomsday” vault. Located in Longyearbyen, the island’s capital, is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
A view of the Esmarkbreen glacier on Spitsbergen island, part of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway, September 24, 2020. Picture taken with a drone on September 24, 2020.
THE question of the government of the Arctic isles of Spitsbergen is occupying an international commission, and meanwhile Prof. H. ConwentE opportunely directs attention to the need for the ...
A view of Spitsbergen Island in Norway's Svalbard Archipelago in the Arctic, with the main settlement of Longyearbyen, May 12, 2024. Didi Kirsten Tatlow ...
In a statement, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) said Equinor exercised a two-well option for the Transocean Spitsbergen in Norway. The program is expected to kick off in the first quarter of the year ...
The MS Spitsbergen will receive similar upgrades, with a new Science Center, upgraded accommodations, refreshed Explorer Bar, a new Brygge bistro and more. The ship will be refurbished in February ...
Transocean (RIG) Falters For 3rd Straight Day. Here's Why. An aerial view of an oil rig with drillers in hard hats working on the platform. Transocean Ltd.’s (NYSE:RIG) Spitsbergen rig was built ...
The last of Hitler’s army to surrender were stationed in a desolate arctic wasteland—a key vantage point in the little-known WWII battle over forecasting the weather.