Russian coal production in Svalbard will be reduced by two-thirds to 40,000 tonnes per year by 2032 (Photo: Arktikugol) After acquiring the rights to mine coal on Spitsbergen more than a century ago, Russia says it will reduce coal production to the minimum needed to...
Although still active, coal production in Barentsburg is rather anecdotal, serving mainly to supply local consumption. However, the city may soon become an international scientific station. Image: Michael Wenger An international scientific station in Svalbard should...
In a new book that makes us live the tension of the fieldwork, the motivating charge of the meetings, we have the exciting feeling to be a glaciologist for the time of a reading and to live behind the scenes the adventure of Heïdi Sevestre, with whom we cultivate...
Past, present and future: The pilgrimage church of Nôtre-Dame de Valère and the ruins of Tourbillon (center) tower above Sion, while in front the future stands with an “Energypolis” building and in the background the glacier and snow-covered mountains of...
Weapons must always be carried on excursions in Svalbard in case of an unwanted encounter with a polar bear despite all precautions taken (symbol image). Photo: Michael Wenger After numerous weapons and ammunition were seized by the governor of Svalbard on two cruise...
