"Svalbard is part of Norway and part of NATO ... with some 340 residents currently, out of a total population of 2,945, according to Statistics Norway. Norway is NATO's monitor for the vast ...

A breathtaking European island is among the rare destinations where visitors can hike and kayak in peace, free from the ...

Roughly half the estimated 3,000 bears in the Barents Sea population raise their ... At the end of World War I the Svalbard Treaty gave Norway sovereignty over the archipelago, whose resources ...