This glaucous gull suffered from bird flu. Never before has the virus been detected so far north. (Photo: Governor of Svalbard) Bird flu has been detected on Svalbard for the first time. According to Knut Madslien, head of the Wildlife Health Department at the...
Map: GoogleEarth This Tuesday morning, the expedition cruise ship M/S Virgo ran aground in Fuglefjorden in northwest Spitsbergen. There are no injuries, but fuel is leaking. According to Norwegian news platform NRK, the accident damaged one of the ship’s tanks...
The first rays of light illuminate the mountains behind King’s Bay. Photo: Jacopo Pasotti 2022 The wind whistles through the base’s window frames. Outside there is the pink sunset-like light that will last all day. The air temperature is -20°C, but the...
A mother polar bear with her two cubs on the pack ice near Svalbard is a beautiful image. But Norwegian authorities and experts at the Polar Institute fear that this sight is becoming increasingly rare due to pack ice loss and disturbance by tourists. (Photo: Dr...
PhD students Sanna Piilo and Teemu Juselius, under the supervision of Minna Väliranta, investigated the soil at various sites on Spitsbergen and found an organic layer (dark), consisting mainly of moss remains, above mineral soil (gray layer) at all sampling sites....