Want to break free-ze? Americans looking for a sudden change of scenery can move immediately to one idyllic, low-tax European ...
Cecilia Blomdahl moved to the Svalbard archipelago - near the North Pole - in 2015. Here she reveals the joys, challenges and ...
lying roughly midway between Norway’s northern coast and the North Pole, is the site of the world’s northernmost permanent ...
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has a practical mission – protecting seeds as a backup for seed banks around the world – but ...
Today, seed banks around the world are doing much of the work of saving crop varieties that could be essential resources under future growing conditions. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway ...
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway supports them all ... Its cosmopolitan capital, Longyearbyen, is home to 2,700 people from 50 countries, drawn by ecotourism and scientific research ...
Longyearbyen is warming six times ... the average stay in Svalbard is only seven years, according to Statistics Norway. Yet this conveniently aligns with a desire not to expand life on Svalbard ...
Cloudy with a high of 21 °F (-6.1 °C) and a 42% chance of precipitation. Winds from SSW to S at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 6 to 11 mph (9.7 to 17.7 kph ...