Svalbard

since 2025 › Jan › 25 (Sat) @ 07:22 UTC

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65 days ago

Watch the heartwarming moment three tiny polar bear cubs emerge from their den for very first time - in incredible footage that took 10 YEARS to capture

found 2025 › Feb › 27 (Thu) @ 18:24 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

An adorable video shows the moment three tiny polar bear cubs emerged from the den with their mum for the first time on the remote island of Svalbard, Norway.

Inside the Doomsday Vault: Rare footage provides a glimpse inside secretive bunker in the Arctic - as more than 14,000 new samples are added

found 2025 › Feb › 27 (Thu) @ 18:24 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Located on a mountainside on Spitsbergen, an island in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, the vault houses 'spare copies' of over 1.3 million seed varieties.

67 days ago

How scientists capture a polar bear – video

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 12:56 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Each spring since 2003, Jon Aars, senior scientist at the Norwegian Polar Institute, and his team have conducted an annual polar bear monitoring program on Svalbard - collaring, capturing and taking …

‘I know their names, what they eat’: tracking polar bears on Svalbard’s shifting icescapes

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 12:56 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

For more than 20 years, scientists have followed the animals in Norway’s Arctic archipelago to understand how they may adapt to changing threats as the ice they depend on melts

When Rolf-Arne Ølberg i…

88 days ago

Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 17:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Scientists say unusually mild temperatures linked to low-pressure system over Iceland directing strong flow of warm air towards north pole

Temperatures at the north pole soared more than 20C above ave…

3 months ago

My heart-thumping terror on the day I came face to face with a huge polar bear that tried to EAT ME ALIVE

found 2025 › Jan › 25 (Sat) @ 07:22 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

David Attenborough cameraman Gordon Buchanan was once moments from death after a polar bear decided to attack as he filmed in Svalbard in the Arctic Circle for a BBC series.

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