Spitsbergen News and Stories

2023

March 2023

• News from the north News
• Fatal snow mobile accident News
• Guidebook "Spitsbergen-Svalbard": new edition available! News

February 2023

• Svalbard Global Seed Vault: 15th anniversary News
• Housing market still tight in Longyearbyen News
• Buildings in Nybyen accessible again News
• Avalanche risk: parts of Nybyen evacuated News

January 2023

• Further exceptions for driving licenses News
• New rules in the making News
• New Year's Eve and polar night News/Blog
• Arjen Drost, 1976-2023 News

2022

December 2022

• Giævervilla at Snatcherpynten, Recherchefjord: new virtual tour News
• New sewage water treatment in Longyearbyen filters 50 kg waste in one week News
• Longyearbyen local council to thin out in 2023 News
• Driving licenses: Sysselmester finds solution News
• Time of moulting of polar foxes controlled by temperature News

November 2022

• Athlets from Barentsburg and Longyearbyen met for competition News
• Dalnie Zelentsy: science or spying? News
• Longyearbyen: power supply without coal from 2023 News

Oktober 2022

• Russia and Norway agree on fishery quotas for the Barents Sea News
• Russian espionage in Norway including Svalbard News
• Mine 7: coal mining until 2025 News
• Trust Arcticugol excluded from Svalbard Reiselivsråd News
• Russia, Norway, Svalbard and deep sea cable News
• The Spitsbergen double calender 2023 is available, with Bear Island and Jan Mayen News
• Frost: queen without land or a criminal polar bear? News

September 2022

• St. Jonsfjord - Isfjord ... and: end of season News/Blog
• Forlandsund - St. Jonsfjord - 19th September 2022 Travelblog
• Liefdefjord - 18th September 2022 Travelblog
• Moffen - Gråhuken - 17th September 2022 Travelblog
• Lomfjord - 16th September 2022 Travelblog
• Murchisonfjord - 15th September 2022 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen - 14th September 2022 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord & Krossfjord - 13th September 2022 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 12th September 2022 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 11th September 2022 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 10th September 2022 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - Isfjord - 06th-07th September 2022 Travelblog
• Northwest-Spitsbergen - 05th September 2022 Travelblog
• Storsteinhalvøya - 04th September 2022 Travelblog
• Nordaustland - 03rd September 2022 Travelblog
• Hinlopen Strait - 02nd September 2022 Travelblog
• Bråsvellbreen - 01st September 2022 Travelblog

August 2022

• Southeast Svalbard - 31st August 2022 Travelblog
• Edgeøya - 30th August 2022 Travelblog
• Sørkapp - Isbukta - 29th August 2022 Travelblog
• Akseløya - Dunderbukta - 28th August 2022 Travelblog
• Isfjord - Recherchefjord - 26th-27th August 2022 Travelblog
• Bellsund - 22nd-24th August 2022 Travelblog
• Hyttevika - Dunøyane - 21st August 2022 Travelblog
• Kvalvågen - 20th August 2022 Travelblog
• Heleysund - 19th August 2022 Travelblog
• The islands of Hinlopen Strait - 18th August 2022 Travelblog
• Hinlopen Street - 17th august 2022 Travelblog
• Chermsideøya-Franklinsund - 16th August 2022 Travelblog
• Orvin Land: Glenhalvøya. Alpiniøya, Albertinibukta - 15th August 2022 Travelblog
• Duvefjord - 14th August 2022 Travelblog
• Rijpfjord-Duvefjord - 13th August 2022 Travelblog
• Nordaustland - 12th August 2022 Travelblog
• Furthest north - 11th August 2022 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen - 10th August 2022 Travelblog
• Engelskbukta, Ny-Ålesund - 09th August 2022 Travelblog
• Polar bear incident in Ekmanfjord News
• Isfjord - 07th August 2022 Travelblog
• Spitsbergen with SV Antigua: Photos & short online diary News/Blog
• Sveagruva: air connection is history News

July 2022

• The (almost) everyday madness continues News
• The final days from Raudfjord to Isfjord Travelblog
• Woodfjord & Bockfjord - 23rd July 2022 Travelblog
• Hinlopen - 22nd July 2022 Travelblog
• Murchisonfjord - 21st July 2022 Travelblog
• Woodfjord - 20th July 2022 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen - 19th July 2022 Travelblog
• West coast - 18th July 2022 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 17th July 2022 Travelblog
• Forlandsund Travelblog
• Sveabreen & Longyearbyen Travelblog
• Ekmanfjord Travelblog
• Gipsdalen & Diabasodden Travelblog
• Ebbadalen & Pyramiden Travelblog
• Longyearbyen, Skansbukta Travelblog
• SAS pilots on strike News
• Russian delivery stopped - Russia reacts with irritation and cyberattacks News

June 2022

• Bird flu detected in Spitsbergen News
• Norwegian government dispossesses foreigners of local voting rights News
• MS Virgo back in Longyearbyen News
• MS Virgo hit ground in Fuglefjord News
• Nofretete and a champagne glass. Longyearbyen snowfields News
• Kongsfjord & Forlandsund - 04-05 June 2022 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen - 03rd June 2022 Travelblog
• Ice - Biskayarhuken - 02nd June, 2022 Travelblog
• Northwest-Spitsbergen - 01st June 2022 Travelblog

May 2022

• Prins Karls Forland - Fuglehuken - 31st May 2022 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 31st May 2022 Travelblog
• Longyearbyen & Adventfjord - 30 May 2022 Travelblog
• The tourists, of course. Or the Russians? News
• New levels of hysteria. Comment by Morten Jørgensen News
• SAR helicopters with the capacity to locate mobile phones News
• Polar bears disturbed by tourists "around the clock"? News
• National day celebrations without children from Barentsburg News
• Isfjord Travelblog
• Bellsund-Isfjord Travelblog
• Bellsund Travelblog
• 02nd May 2022 - Bear Island Travelblog

April 2022

• Lille Kvalfjord & Hammerfest Travelblog
• Kåfjord Travelblog
• The arctic travel blog continued: with SV Meander in Altafjorden Travelblog
• Fatal snow mobile accident on Longyearbreen News
• Sanctions will hit Barentsburg News
• Customs controls in Spitsbergen - because of Russian war against the Ukraine News
• Polar bear warning system to be released News

March 2022

• Light winter in Spitsbergen Travelblog
• Weather kaleidoscope Travelblog
• ... bad times: rain and melting snow in the winter News/Blog
• Good times ... Travelblog
• Local tourism organisation asks members not to spend money in Russian settlements News
• Sun festival in Longyearbyen News/Blog
• From Farmhamna to Longyearbyen Travelblog
• Local tourism inter-trade organisation against boycott of Russian settlements News

February 2022

• Black February News
• On skis to Eidembukta Travelblog
• Sun festival in Farmhamna Travelblog
• Farmhamna Travelblog
• Data cable between Spitsbergen and mainland Norway damaged by human action News
• Farmhamna Travelblog
• Norway opens up News

January 2022

• Northbound Travelblog
• The state of affairs News
• Data connection cable to mainland damaged News

2021

December 2021

• New positive Corona tests in Longyearbyen: probably Omikron News
• "C" as in "corona", or better: Christmas News
• Use of depth-recording echo sounders may be forbidden in the future News
• Legal opinion: law proposals should be withdrawn News
• Two dead polar bears in early 2020: criticism and investigations News

November 2021

• The "arctic Wednesday" continued News
• Protest against government politics: torchlight procession in Longyearbyen News
• Vestfjord Travelblog
• Lofoten: Viking museum Borg Travelblog
• Trollfjord & Kabelvåg Travelblog
• Skrolsvik & Harstad Travelblog
• Hamnes & Lyngenfjord Travelblog
• With Antigua from Tromsø to Bodø: Kvænangen Travelblog
• Finnkroken Travelblog
• Kvænangen: Orcas & Skjervøy Travelblog
• Kvænangen: Skorpa and Jøkelfjord Travelblog
• Kvænangen: light, whales, aurora Travelblog

Oktober 2021

• From Nord-Lenangen to Kvænangen Travelblog
• The arctic travel blog continued: Tromsø Travelblog
• Stricter rules in the making News
• Introduced mice spread into the wild News
• First Covid-19 case in Spitsbergen News
• Non-Norwegian locals may lose the right to vote News

September 2021

• Isfjord - 20/21 September 2021 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 19th September 2021 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 18th September 2021 Travelblog
• Krossfjord - 17th September 2021 Travelblog
• Raudfjord - 16th September 2021 Travelblog
• Chermsideøya - 15th September 2021 Travelblog
• Nordaustland - 14th September 2021 Travelblog
• Woodfjord - 13th September 2021 Travelblog
• Raudfjord & Woodfjord - 12th September 2021 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen - 11th September 2021 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 10th September 2021 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 09th September 2021 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 06/07 September 2021 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 04th/05th September 2021 Travelblog
• Raudfjord - 03rd September 2021 Travelblog
• Hinlopen Strait - 02nd September 2021 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen & Woodfjord - 31st August / 01st September 2021 Travelblog

August 2021

• Krossfjord - 30th August 2021 Travelblog
• 100 years Svalbard church News
• Bellsund & Isfjord Travelblog
• Bellsund - 23rd & 24th August 2021 Travelblog
• Hornsund - 22nd August 2021 Travelblog
• South Cape - 21st August 2021 Travelblog
• Straumsland & Barentsøya - 20th August 2021 Travelblog
• Hinlopen (2) - 19th August 2021 Travelblog
• Hinlopen (1) - 18th August 2021 Travelblog
• Lågøya - 17th August 2021 Travelblog
• Nordaustland - 16th August 2021 Travelblog
• Nordenskiöldbukta - 16th August 2021 Travelblog
• Nordaustland Travelblog
• Nordkapp and to the ice - 15th August 2021 Travelblog
• Mosselbukta - 14th August 2021 Travelblog
• Reinsdyrflya - 13th August 2021 Travelblog
• Magdalenefjord - 12th August 2021 Travelblog
• Engelskbukta, Ny-Ålesund - 11th August 2021 Travelblog
• St. Jonsfjord - 10th August 2021 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 09th August 2021 Travelblog
• Erdmannflya, Ymerbukta - 09th August 2021 Travelblog
• Longyearbyen - 08th August 2021 Travelblog
• Pyramiden and Dickson Land. And SV Antigua is back in Spitsbergen! Travelblog

July 2021

• In Martin Conway's footsteps in Bolterdalen Travelblog
• Farewell to Mark Sabbatini News
• Adventure Oslo airport. And: the answer News
• Finally ... Spitsbergen! Travelblog
• Van Mijenfjord: new national park News

June 2021

• Norwegian government plans to denude non-Norwegian inhabitants of Longyearbyen of their right to vote News
• New weapon regulations News
• Norwegian regulations for international travelling to change soon News
• Stage 3 of Norwegian opening plan comes on Sunday, including relevant updates for Spitsbergen tourism News
• Easing on entry to Norway and Spitsbergen for vaccinated people News
• Corona, Norway, Barentsburg ... News

May 2021

• Norway untightens entry requirements - for Norwegians News
• With SV Antigua to the ice in Spitsbergen ... or not News/Blog
• Norway untightens entry requirements - IMPORTANT UPDATE News
• New page: Trøndergruva - the oldest coal mine near Longyearbyen News
• Corona aid for Longyearbyen companies: some are discriminated News
• Official certification scheme for guides in Spitsbergen on the way News
• Spitsbergen is getting vaccinated News

April 2021

• Spitsbergen with SV Antigua (23.6.-11.7.): cancelled due to Corona News
• Trappers Trail: local dog sledge race took place News
• Arctic online presentations "Arctic Wednesday": final night with Thomas Ulrich News
• Cod war between Norway and EU about to escalate News
• Victims of domestic violence in Svalbard potentially in defenceless position News
• Parts of Nybyen closed because of avalanche risk News

March 2021

• Avalanche risk: parts of Longyearbyen evacuated News
• Svalbard soon vaccinated News
• The Arctic Wednesday: second run! News
• Return of the sun celebrated in Longyearbyen News
• Polar bear shot in Mohnbukta, man injured News
• Norwegian coal mining in Spitsbergen to end in 2028 News

February 2021

• Local tour operators: 65 % loss, support to come soon News
• The "arctic Wednesday" continued: online presentation about the Mosaic expedition, 3 March News
• Ski marathon cancelled News
• Strict rules for cruise ships until at least end of April News
• Corona tests for Spitsbergen travellers, tourism in heavy seas News

January 2021

• Norway tightens travel restrictions and requires tests for travellers to Spitsbergen News
• New regulations for drones News
• Expansion of Nordenskiöld Land national park News
• The course of things up north News
• The Arctic Wednesday: polar online presentations starting next week News
• More crevasses on Spitsbergen's glaciers News

2020

December 2020

• Polar bear shot at Longyearbyen camping in August: proceedings closed News
• Northern news: bank and batteries News
• The Arctic Wednesday: polar online presentations News
• Sysselmannen becomes Sysselmester News
• Even that: Spitsbergen screensaver News
• Online presentation: Spitsbergen - Norwegens arktischer Norden News
• Photo prints with Spitsbergen driftwood frames News
• Polar bear dead during scientific anaesthetisation: case closed News

November 2020

• The mouse hunt is opened News
• Additional departure with Arctica II: 28.8.-5.9.2021 News
• Polar bear in Adventdalen News
• Lice found in fur of arctic foxes News
• The page for the weekend: Svenskehuset News
• Mine 7 back in productive operation again News
• Northern news News

Oktober 2020

• Guidebook "Spitsbergen-Svalbard" now available in Dutch News
• New page: Grønfjord - more than Barentsburg News
• Quiet on the northern front - moving on behind the scene News
• National budget 2021: hundreds of millions for Spitsbergen News
• Isfjord is a high-arctic fjord again. For a while. News
• Record-low in sea ice cover in September News

September 2020

• Walk in the forest near Pyramiden Travelblog
• Longyearbyen is shrinking. And: the bank does not always win News
• Polar bear dead in connection with scientific anaesthetisation News
• Blog: trip to Svenskehuset at Kapp Thordsen Travelblog
• Phippsøya polar bear (MS Bremen, 2018): proceedings closed News
• Cruises in Spitsbergen now only with 30 persons in total News
• Wreck of Northguider removed News

August 2020

• Sysselmannen releases identity of victim News
• Man killed by polar bear near Longyearbyen News
• Quarantine for travellers from Germany and Liechtenstein News
• Travel restrictions for tourists from Germany and Liechtenstein likely to come News
• Polar bears flown out from Longyearbyen area News
• Spitsbergen blog 2020: Sassenfjord Travelblog
• Tourism collapsing, new travel restrictions News
• Norway expands travel restrictions; tourism in Longyearbyen behind expectations News
• Ian R. Stone (1943-2020) News
• Norway puts restrictions on cruising after corona cases News
• Double calendar 2021: Spitsbergen and Antarctica News
• Covid-19 outbreak on Hurtigruten-ship: all cruises cancelled News
• Polar bears in Hiorthhamn near Longyearbyen News

July 2020

• Water ingress in mine 7 News
• New temperature record in Longyearbyen News
• Hurtigruten and Ponant are operating the first cruises in Spitsbergen News
• Spitsbergen with SV Antigua in September also cancelled because of Corona News/Blog
• Norway about to open borders for tourists from most EU countries News
• Spitsbergen with Antigua - some thoughts News/Blog

June 2020

• Corona: Arctica II in August cancelled News
• Norway opens for tourists from 15 July News
• Lethal anaesthetisation of polar bear criticised by authorities News
• Government re-opens Spitsbergen for cruise ships News
• Polar bear shot on Phippsøya in 2018: no report yet News
• Avalanche accident on Fridtjovbreen in February: first report News
• Spitsbergen with Antigua in July cancelled News/Blog

May 2020

• Unemployment remains high in Longyearbyen News
• Public grants for travel costs instead of living expenses; tourism starting up again News
• Stepwise ease on Corona-quarantine in Spitsbergen UPDATED News
• First complete count of Beluga whales in Spitsbergen News
• Opening Spitsbergen for tourists: work in process News
• Talks about careful re-opening of tourism News
• No admissions to UNIS-courses for the rest of the year News

April 2020

• Corona-quarantine extended News
• Starting tourism up again in July? News
• Corona-crisis hits local economy beyond tourism News
• Corona crisis: small companies with dogs under pressure News
• Corona crisis: many lost their jobs in Longyearbyen News
• Monthly temperature in March below average News

March 2020

• Polar bear died from circulatory collapse News
• Corona-virus: Spitsbergen in lockdown-mode News
• Spitsbergen, the Antarctic and the Corona virus News

February 2020

• Svea Nord is history News
• Avalanche accident at Fridtjovbreen: two persons dead News
• Polar bear weighed only 62 kg News
• 100 years Spitsbergen Treaty News

January 2020

• Anaesthetised polar bear died during transport News
• Again polar bear in Longyearbyen area, flown out News
• New reglations for protected areas on the west- and north coast of Spitsbergen News
• Monetary fine for disturbance of bird colony at Ossian Sarsfjellet News
• Polar bear again seen in Bolterdalen News
• Norwegian government wants to discuss certification requirements for guides News
• Close encounter with polar bear in Bolterdalen News
• Polar bear track near Longyearbyen News
• 100 years ago: Spitsbergen's largest mining accident News
• Shot polar bear was already flown out in 2016 News
• Polar bear shot near Longyearbyen News

2019

December 2019

• Lance out of the ice, Ousland-Horn-expedition finished News
• Polar bear back in Longyearbyen News
• Polar bear in Longyearbyen News
• Dark season in Longyearbyen: culture, polar bears, storm and icy adventures News

November 2019

• Kabelvåg, Svolvær & Laukvik Travelblog
• Trollfjord - Skrova Travelblog

Oktober 2019

• Skarberget & Tranøy Travelblog
• Skrolsvik & Harstad Travelblog
• Skjervøy, Nord-Lenangen Travelblog
• Tromsø-Finnkroken Travelblog
• Tromsø – 26th October, 2019 Travelblog
• Spitsbergen-reindeer: new and complete population count News
• Fine for disturbance of polar bears in Tempelfjord News
• Northguider: salvaging operation postponed until 2020 News
• Salvaging Northguider proves more difficult News
• Local government elections in Longyearbyen News

September 2019

• Billefjord - 28th September 2019 Travelblog
• Barentsburg - 27th September 2019 Travelblog
• Sallyhamna - Fuglefjord - 26th September 2019 Travelblog
• (Vesle) Raudfjord - 25th September 2019 Travelblog
• Liefdefjord - 24th September 2019 Travelblog
• Woodfjord - 23rd September 2019 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen - 22nd September 2019 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 21st September 2019 Travelblog
• Krossfjord - 20th September 2019 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 18th September 2019 Travelblog
• Polar bears near Longyearbyen News
• Double calendar Spitsbergen & Antarctica 2020 News
• Dalvik - Akureyri - 08th September 2019 Travelblog
• Denmark Strait - 06th/07th September 2019 Travelblog
• Passenger ship Malmö stuck in ice News
• Hall Bredning - 5th September 2019 Travelblog
• Øfjord - Bjørneøerne - 4th September 2019 Travelblog
• Harefjord - 3rd September 2019 Travelblog
• Rødefjord - 2nd September 2019 Travelblog
• Danmark Ø – 01st September 2019 Travelblog

August 2019

• Vikingebugt - 31st August 2019 Travelblog
• Kap Brewster - 29th/30th August 2019 Travelblog
• Denmark Strait - 28th August 2019 Travelblog
• Grimsey - 27th August 2019 Travelblog
• Eyafjordur - 26th August 2019 Travelblog
• Akureyri - 24th August 2019 Travelblog
• Recherchefjord - Barentsburg - Longyearbyen – 20th/21th August 2019 Travelblog
• Hyttevika - 19th August 2019 Travelblog
• Storfjord-Sørkappøya - 18th August 2019 Travelblog
• Tjuvfjord - 17th August 2019 Travelblog
• Edgeøya - 16th August 2019 Travelblog
• Freemansund - 15th August 2019 Travelblog
• Ice - 14th August 2019 Travelblog
• Grounded shrimp trawler Northguider: salvaging operation has started News
• Hinlopen Strait - 13th August 2019 Travelblog
• Nordaustland - 12th August 2019 Travelblog
• Woodfjord-Sorgfjord - 11th August 2019 Travelblog
• Woodfjord - 10 August 2019 Travelblog
• Raudfjord - 09 August 2019 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen - 08 August 2019 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord-Krossfjord - 07 August 2019 Travelblog
• Aavatsmarkbreen - Ny-Ålesund - 06. August 2019 Travelblog
• Trygghamna-Poolepynten - 05 August 2019 Travelblog
• Longyearbyen-Bohemanneset - 04 August 2019 Travelblog
• Spitsbergen kitchen slats available again News

July 2019

• Spitsbergen summer: summer weather, tourists, champagne glass, pride parade, new panoramas, Antigua tour photos & triplog News
• Daudmannsodden-Ymerbukta - 11th July 2019 Travelblog
• Sørkapp - 10th July 2019 Travelblog
• Ginevrabotnen - 09th July 2019 Travelblog
• East coast: Markhambreen & Kvalvågen - 08th July 2019 Travelblog
• Hyttevika - 07th July 2019 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 06th July 2019 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 05th July 2019 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 04th July 2019 Travelblog
• Dicksonfjord - 03rd July 2019 Travelblog
• St. Jonsfjord - 02nd July 2019 Travelblog
• Krossfjord - Kongsfjord - 01st July 2019 Travelblog

June 2019

• Drift ice edge - 30th June 2019 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 29th June 2019 Travelblog
• Engelskbukta, Fjortende Julibukta - 28th June 2019 Travelblog
• Bellsund - 27th June 2019 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 26th June 2019 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 08th June 2019 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 07th June 2019 Travelblog
• Drift ice - 05th and 06th June 2019 Travelblog
• Danskøya - 04th June 2019 Travelblog
• Forlandsund & Krossfjord - 03rd June 2019 Travelblog
• Billefjord - 02nd June 2019 Travelblog
• Longyearbyen - Skansbukta, 01st June 2019 Travelblog

May 2019

• Spitsbergen under sail 2019 and Rolf's arctic blog starting now News/Blog
• Polar bear close to Longyearbyen News
• Geese arrived in Spitsbergen after spring migration Travelblog
• Housing market in Longyearbyen: avalanches and Airbnb News
• Two persons dead in mountain accident in Hornsund News
• Spitsbergen website in Norwegian News/Blog
• Tundra swan near Longyearbyen News/Blog
• Newtontoppen Travelblog
• Bank robbery in Longyearbyen: verdict News

April 2019

• Svalbard Skimarathon News
• Spitsbergen back to winter mode on Easter Sunday News/Blog
• Spitsbergen is melting: early snow melt in Longyearbyen News
• The ice cave in Longyearbreen News/Blog
• Temperature in Longyearbyen since 100 months above average News
• Mohnbukta: snow mobile tour to Spitsbergen's east coast Travelblog

March 2019

• Sysselmannen gives Store Norske permission to break ice in Van Mijenfjord News
• Northern light ... Travelblog
• Solfest: Sola er tilbake - the sun is back! Travelblog
• Sassendalen and Tempelfjord Travelblog
• Sun festival in Longyearbyen Travelblog
• February-impressions from Spitsbergen Travelblog

February 2019

• Grounded trawler Northguider: recovery planned in August News
• Arctic winter light in Tempelfjord Travelblog
• Sunshine and 20 degrees ... Travelblog
• Lunckefjellet: the end of an arctic coal mine News/Blog
• Multiresistant bacteria in Kongsfjord News
• Climate Report Spitsbergen 2100: Concern and Many Questions News
• A day in Spitsbergen: polar dogs and polar jazz Travelblog
• Ban on motorised traffic on fjord ice under discussion News

January 2019

• Polarjazz Festival 2019 opened with "Vorspiel" News
• Northern lights, northern lights, northern lights ... Travelblog
• Blue lights and northern lights Travelblog
• Lunar eclipse over Spitsbergen Travelblog
• Vinkelstasjon, neighbour reindeer and Science Slam Travelblog
• The arctic blog continued: back to Longyearbyen! Travelblog
• More than 300 tons of diesel recovered from grounded trawler Northguider News
• Tempelfjord accident 2017: monetary penalty News
• Storm- and avalanche warnings in Longyearbyen News
• Northguider still grounded in Hinlopenstretet News
• Fishing vessel Northguider still on the ground in Hinlopen Strait News

2018

December 2018

• Fishing vessel in maritime distress in Hinlopen Strait News
• With new Spitsbergen panoramas into the new year News
• Why Santa Claus' reindeer come from Spitsbergen. And why this can't be true. News
• Bank robbery in Longyearbyen: first details about the offender News
• Bank robbery in Longyearbyen News
• Walrus population is growing in Spitsbergen News
• Rock legend Robert Plant comes to Longyearbyen News
• Longyearbyen: The most expensive port in the world? News
• Evacuations in Longyearbyen due to avalanche risk News

November 2018

• Good times for mine 7 News
• Northern lights over Spitsbergen Travelblog
• Spitsbergen - polar night Travelblog
• Barentsburg-Panoramas now newly sorted and accessible through a map News
• Energy and heating in Longyearbyen: heating like hell News
• Nusfjord: farewell to Lofoten Travelblog
• Prison sentence for disturbing polar bears in Billefjord by driving car on ice News
• And now: Lofoten! Trollfjorden & Skrova Travelblog
• From Ofoten to Lofoten - art on Tranøy and northern lights in Laukvik Travelblog
• Ofoten: Skarberget & Tranøy Travelblog

Oktober 2018

• Sailing to Harstad Travelblog
• Skjervøy - Orcas and northern lights! Travelblog
• Tromsø – 28 October 2018 Travelblog
• SV Antigua in Tromsø: first northern light and Henry Rudi's office Travelblog
• Longyearbyen: a great place to live, but a tough place to live News
• Guidebook Spitzbergen-Svalbard: new German edition out now News/Blog

September 2018

• The Svalbard Global Seed Vault: online-tour in 360 degree panorama format News
• Sun in Barentsburg and sand storm in Adventfjord – 20 September 2018 Travelblog
• Forlandsund: Hermansenøya & Daudmannsøyra – 19 September 2018 Travelblog
• Raudfjord – Fuglefjord – Kobbefjord – 18 September 2018 Travelblog
• Liefdefjord & Woodfjord – 17 September 2018 Travelblog
• Moffen & Woodfjord – 16 September 2018 Travelblog
• Murchisonfjord & Sorgfjord – 15 September 2018 Travelblog
• Murchisonfjord – 14 September 2018 Travelblog
• From Smeerenburg to Hamiltonbukta – 13 September 2018 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord – 12 September 2018 Travelblog
• Isfjord – 11 September 2018 Travelblog
• Polar bear family in Bjørndalen near Longyearbyen News
• The Spitsbergen-Calendar 2019 is available News
• Job market in Longyearbyen growing in spite of reduction in coal mining News

August 2018

• Guidebook "Spitzbergen-Svalbard": next edition soon available News/Blog
• Bed available in ladies cabin on Antigua (11-21 September 2018) News/Blog
• Again, negative records from the arctic: ice cover low, temperatures high News
• Isøyane & Kapp Borthen – 16 August 2018 Travelblog
• Isbukta – 15 August 2018 Travelblog
• The east coast – 14 August 2018 Travelblog
• Agardhbukta – 13 August 2018 Travelblog
• Heleysund – 13 August 2018 Travelblog
• Hinlopen – 12 August 2018 Travelblog
• Hinlopen – 11 August 2018 Travelblog
• Rijpdalen – 10 August 2018 Travelblog
• Nordenskiöldbukta-Rijpfjord – 09 August 2018 Travelblog
• Chermsideøya – 08 August 2018 Travelblog
• On the way up to Nordaustland – 08 August 2018 Travelblog
• Mushamna – 07 August 2018 Travelblog
• Mushamna – saving the seal – 06 August 2018 Travelblog
• Texas Bar – 06 August 2018 Travelblog
• From Sallyhamna to Liefdefjord – 05 August 2018 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen – 04 August 2018 Travelblog
• From Krossfjorden up to Magdalenefjord – 03 August 2018 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord – 02 August 2018 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord – 01 August 2018 Travelblog
• Forlandsund – 01 August 2018 Travelblog

July 2018

• Isfjord – 31 July 2018 Travelblog
• Polar bear attack on Phippsøya: man injured, polar bear shot - first details News
• Nordfjord – 28 July 2018 Travelblog
• Polar bear attack on Sjuøyane: man injured News
• Isfjord – 27 July 2018 Travelblog
• Forsbladodden- 26 July 2018 Travelblog
• Bellsund - 25 July 2018 Travelblog
• Bellsund - 25 July 2018 Travelblog
• Hornsund – 24 July 2018 Travelblog
• Sailing around Sørkapp – 23 July 2018 Travelblog
• Freemansund – 22 July 2018 Travelblog
• Hinlopen II – 21 July 2018 Travelblog
• Hinlopen – 20 July 2018 Travelblog
• Kvitøya – 19 July 2018 Travelblog
• Duvefjord – 18 July 2018 Travelblog
• Sjuøyane – 17 July 2018 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord & Antigua under sail – 14 July 2018 Travelblog
• Bockfjord – 16 July 2018 Travelblog
• A week on Antigua and taking off again with SVA Antigua – 12 July 2018 Travelblog
• Woodfjord – 15 July 2018 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord & Antigua unter Segeln – 14. Juli 2018 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord & Krossfjord – 13 July 2018 Travelblog
• Landslide in Longyearbyen: road open again for pedestrians and bicyclists News
• Hurtigruten bans disposable plastic News

June 2018

• Landslide in Longyearbyen: road closed News
• Patagonia under sail 2018: triplog and fotos News/Blog
• Polar bear observed close to Longyearbyen News
• Spitsbergen under sail with SV Antigua in July 2018: double cabin available News/Blog
• Avoid disturbance in sensitive tundra areas such as Midterhuken! News
• Polar bear in building on Kapp Linné (Isfjord Radio) News

May 2018

• Billefjord Travelblog
• Isfjord: Alkhornet, Barentsburg Travelblog
• Kongsfjord Travelblog
• Forlandsund, Ny-Ålesund Travelblog
• Bellsund Travelblog
• Hornsund Travelblog
• Bear Island (Bjørnøya) Travelblog
• Barents Sea Travelblog
• Vesterålen: Stokmarknes Travelblog
• Lofoten: Skrova & Trollfjord Travelblog
• Kabelvåg Travelblog
• Nusfjord Travelblog
• Lofoten: Reine Travelblog
• Arctic under sail 2018: starting with SV Antigua in Bodø Travelblog
• 12,000 microplastic parts in one litre of sea ice ... News
• Unique photos of mating polar mating at the weather station on Hopen News
• Polar fox with rabies on Hopen News
• Arctic rubbish: it is not allowed to die or to be born in Longyearbyen. Or: you are required by law to carry a gun News

April 2018

• Two snow mobiles broken into fast ice in Mohnbkta at the east coast News
• Arctic travel blog in the far south: Antarctica, Patagonia Travelblog
• Traffic ban in Tempelfjord, Billefjord and Rindersbukta News
• Out now: Spectacular Antarctica postcards (limited edition)! News
• Available now: New, fourth edition of the travelguide Spitsbergen - Svalbard News

March 2018

• 140 flats in Longyearbyen must give way to avalanche protection News
• New Spitsbergen postcards out now (limited edition)! News
• Remains of cosmetics found in fish News
• Sun festival in Longyearbyen, new planes for Sveagruva and the travelblog soon to continue in Patagonia News/Blog
• Housing market in Longyearbyen: shortage, speculation and Airbnb News

February 2018

• More temperature records in the Arctic News
• Discussion about new huts for commercial tourism in Spitsbergen News

January 2018

• Antarctic Cruise with SY Anne-Margaretha - travel blog on antarctic.eu Travelblog
• 2017, October to December: polar night News/Blog
• September 2017 reviewed: arctic light, polar bears and an Italian lost and found News/Blog
• August 2017 reviewed: Lady Franklinfjord, Rossøya and further highlights News/Blog
• July 2017 reviewed: the south cape, polar bears and arctic Christmas News/Blog
• Melting sea ice makes research on polar bears more difficult News
• 2017 reviewed: June, Jan Mayen - the lava caves on Beerenberg News/Blog
• Reviewing 2017, May: Bear Island - Perleporten News
• 2017 reviewed: April in Spitsbergen - Sveagruva News/Blog

2017

December 2017

• 2017: my year in review - February and March: the Antarctic Odyssey News/Blog
• 2017: my year in review News/Blog
• More evacuations on the anniversary of the 2015 avalanche in Longyearbyen News
• Houses in Longyearbyen evacuated: residual risk of avalanches too high despite local warning system News

November 2017

• The hut in Foxdalen - 21st November 2017 Travelblog
• Santa Claus’ Letterbox – 20th November 2017 News/Blog
• Picture frames made of Spitsbergen-driftwood available for the first time in limited edition News
• Ugledalen - 16th November 2017 Travelblog
• Polar night - 14th November 2017 Travelblog
• New 360° panorama: Ballstad, Lofoten News
• Spitsbergen-calender 2018: the east coast News
• Vestvågøy - 08th November 2017 Travelblog
• Kvalvika - 07th November 2017 Travelblog
• From Ballstad to Å - 06th November 2017 Travelblog
• Vestfjord & Bodø - 04th November 2017 Travelblog
• Russian helicopter wreck lifted News
• Kabelvåg-Svolvær-Laukvik - 03rd November 2017 Travelblog
• Trollfjord-Skrova - 02nd November 2017 Travelblog
• Harstad - 01st November 2017 Travelblog

Oktober 2017

• Gibostad-Finnsnes-Harstad - 31st October 2017 Travelblog
• Helicopter crash: wreck soon to be lifted News
• Kvaløya-Senja - 30th October 2017 Travelblog
• Tromsø - 29th October 2017 Travelblog
• Helicopter crash: wreck found News
• Helicoptercrash: little hope to find survivors News
• Crashed helicopter probably found News
• Russian helicopter crashed near Barentsburg News
• Spitsbergen-calendar 2018: frozen waterfall in January News
• The Spitsbergen-calender 2018: northern lights over Longyearbyen in December News
• Born in Sauna: Alexander Lembke's Sauna exhibition opened in Tampere News
• Tampere - 13th October 2017 Travelblog
• Sauna Syntyneet - Born in Sauna - 13th October 2017 Travelblog
• Coal mining in Sveagruva is history News
• Spitsbergen-calendar 2018: November introduced News
• Longyearbyen cemetery may be moved because of avalanche risk News
• Spitsbergen-calendar 2018: the stories behind 2 months News
• White humpback whale again seen in Svalbard News

September 2017

• Longyearbreen - 29th September 2017 Travelblog
• Endalen - 27th September 2017 Travelblog
• Several polar bears observed near settlements News
• Italian lost and found News
• Isfjord - 21st September 2017 Travelblog
• Krossfjord - 20th September 2017 Travelblog
• A morning full of worries, an afternoon full of joy - 19th September 2017 Travelblog
• Sailing boat lost and found News
• Strong wind up to storm force in North Spitsbergen News
• A lot of wind - 18th September 2017 Travelblog
• Woodfjord - 17th September 2017 Travelblog
• Liefdefjord - 16th September 2017 Travelblog
• Northwest-Spitsbergen - 15th September 2017 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 14th September 2017 Travelblog
• Trygghamna - 13th September 2017 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 12th September 2017 Travelblog
• 1600 liters of diesel lost in Mimerdalen News
• Summer hiking route up to Larsbreen destroyed by landslide News
• Pyramiden - 08th September 2017 Travelblog
• The graveyard of Pyramiden - 07th September 2017 Travelblog
• Yggdrasilkampen - 06th September 2017 Travelblog
• Billefjord - 05th September 2017 Travelblog

August 2017

• The new Spitsbergen calendar 2018 is available! News
• Sysselmannen takes action against drugs in Longyearbyen News
• Billefjord - 14th August 2017 Travelblog
• Barentsburg & Grønfjordfjellet - 13th August 2017 Travelblog
• Sailing boat almost sunk in Spitsbergen News
• Recherchefjord - 12th August 2017 Travelblog
• Sørkapp & Raksodden - 11th August 2017 Travelblog
• Negribreen & Freemansund - 10th August 2017 Travelblog
• Easternmost Spitsbergen - 09th August 2017 Travelblog
• Hinlopen (2) - 08th August 2017 Travelblog
• Hinlopen - 07th August 2017 Travelblog
• Chermsideøya-Langgrunnodden - 06th August 2017 Travelblog
• Rossøya - 05th August 2017 Travelblog
• Franklindalen-Phippsøya - 04th August 2017 Travelblog
• Lady Franklinfjord - 03rd August 2017 Travelblog
• Mosselbukta-Sorgfjord - 02nd August 2017 Travelblog
• Raudfjord-Gråhuken - 01st August 2017 Travelblog

July 2017

• Dei Sju Isfjella - 31st July 2017 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 30th July 2017 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 30th July 2017 Travelblog
• Erdmannflya - 29th July 2017 Travelblog
• Bohemanflya - 28th July 2017 Travelblog
• Longyearbyen - mid July 2017 Travelblog
• Polar row: In a rowboat to Spitsbergen News
• Svalbard reindeer is doing well News
• Isfjord - 12th July 2017 Travelblog
• Forlandsund-Isfjord - 12th July 2017 Travelblog
• Krossfjord - 11th July 2017 Travelblog
• Liefdefjord - 10th July 2017 Travelblog
• 80 degrees north - 09th July 2017 Travelblog
• Smeerenburgfjord - 08th July 2017 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 07th July 2017 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 06th July 2017 Travelblog
• Bellsund - 05th July 2017 Travelblog
• Barentsøya - 03rd July 2017 Travelblog
• Negribreen-Heleysund - 02nd July 2017 Travelblog
• Kvalvågen - 01st July 2017 Travelblog

June 2017

• Sørkapp Land - 30th June 2017 Travelblog
• Hornsund - 29th June 2017 Travelblog
• Wahlenbergbreen & Erdmannflya - 28th June 2017 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 27th June 2017 Travelblog
• Less mercury in polar bears - due to climate change? News
• Jan Mayen - Kvalrossbukta - 20th June 2017 Travelblog
• Evacuation in Longyearbyen ended after four months News
• Jan Mayen - Eldste Metten - Schmelckdalen - 19th June 2017 Travelblog
• Jan Mayen - Nordlagune - 16th June 2017 Travelblog
• Jan Mayen - Kvalrossbukta - 15th June 2017 Travelblog
• Iceland - Jan Mayen - 12th June, 2017 Travelblog
• On the way to Jan Mayen Travelblog
• Old ammunition found in polar bears bodies News
• Flooding of Global Seed Vault attracts international media - eight month after! News
• Billefjord - 1st May, 2017 Travelblog

May 2017

• Isfjord - 31st May, 2017 Travelblog
• Eidembukta-Alkhornet - 30th May, 2017 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 29th May, 2017 Travelblog
• Hornsund - 28th May, 2017 Travelblog
• Sørkapp: ice - 27th May, 2017 Travelblog
• Bear Island (II) - 26th May, 2017 Travelblog
• Bear Island - 25th May, 2017 Travelblog
• Barents Sea - 24th May, 2017 Travelblog
• The Hinlopen glacier retreats News
• Tromsø - 23rd May, 2017 Travelblog
• Stokmarknes & Whalewatching - 22nd May, 2017 Travelblog
• From Kabelvåg to Trollfjord - 21st May, 2017 Travelblog
• Reine & Nusfjord - 20 May, 2017 Travelblog
• Bodø & Saltstraumen - 19 May, 2017 Travelblog
• Tempelfjord accident: guide dead News
• Spitsbergen 2017, Antarctica and Patagonia 2018: last chances to join News

April 2017

• Group broke through ice in Tempelfjord News
• Arctic World Archive: Data storage in ice News
• Longyearbyen: back home - 01st April, 2017 Travelblog

March 2017

• Expedition Arktika 2.0: French adventurer Gilles Elkaim sentenced to 30,000 crowns fine News
• Melting ice in the Arctic leads to air pollution in China News
• Here comes the sun! News

February 2017

• New avalanche at Hiorthfjellet News
• 92 households in Longyearbyen evacuated News
• Avalanche in Longyearbyen News
• "Repository" for plastic waste at 2500 meters depth News
• Supposedly extinct butterfly discovered News

January 2017

• "Princess of Darkness" discovered in Ny Ålesund News
• Polar bear family was in Longyearbyen News
• Polar bear family in Adventdalen near Longyearbyen (II) News
• Arctic masterpiece at Diabasodden: no firewood, no fuel News
• The sea monster (a plastic story) News/Blog

2016

December 2016

• Evacuation of Nybyen lifted News
• Avalanche danger: Nybyen evacuated News
• No Christmas gifts? Maybe it's the reindeer... News
• Head of northpole expedition "Arktika 2.0" must go to court News
• Hauke Trinks is dead News
• The avalanche risk report for Longyearbyen has been published News
• Polar bear shot on Prins Karls Forland: fine for the shooter News

November 2016

• Autumn in Spitsbergen breaks all records News
• Longyearbreen - 20th November 2016 Travelblog
• Extreme weather in Spitsbergen: avalanches in Nordenskiöld Land News
• Longyearbyen - 16th November, 2016 Travelblog
• Vestpynten - 11th November, 2016 Travelblog
• Extreme weather in Longyearbyen (III): Evakuations cancelled News
• Extreme weather in Longyearbyen (II): evacuation held upright News
• Extreme weather in Spitsbergen: Longyearbyen partly evacuated News
• Tromsø, Kvaløya - 05th, 06th November, 2016 Travelblog
• Vestfjord - 05th November 2016 Travelblog
• Svolvær, Laukvik - 04th November 2016 Travelblog
• Kabelvåg-Svolvær - 04th November 2016 Travelblog
• Skrova, Kabelvåg - 03rd November 2016 Travelblog
• Skrova - 02nd November 2016 Travelblog
• Trollfjord, Skrova - 02nd November 2016 Travelblog
• Skrolsvik, Harstad - 01st November 2016 Travelblog

Oktober 2016

• Senja - 31th Oktober 2016 Travelblog
• Kvalsund - 30th Oktober 2016 Travelblog
• Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Tromsø - 28th October 2016 Travelblog
• North pole expedition of French Arktika terminated in Duvefjord News
• Another temperature record in Spitsbergen News
• New book: Ice Bear. The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon by Michael Engelhard News
• Old coal mines closed News

September 2016

• Isfjord - 22nd September 2016 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 21st September 2016 Travelblog
• Krossfjord - 20th September 2016 Travelblog
• Virgohamna - 19th September 2016 Travelblog
• 80 degrees north - 18th September 2016 Travelblog
• Liefdefjord - 17th September 2016 Travelblog
• Smeerenburgfjord - 16th September 2016 Travelblog
• Magdalenefjord - 15th September 2016 Travelblog
• Pyramiden - 10th September 2016 Travelblog
• Mount Pyramiden - 9th September 2016 Travelblog
• Pyramiden - 06th/7th September 2016 Travelblog
• Sarkofagen - 04th September 2016 Travelblog
• Bolterdalen - 03rd September 2016 Travelblog
• Longyearbyen - 02nd September 2016 Travelblog

August 2016

• Polar bear shot on Prins Karls Forland News
• Bellsund, Isfjord - 17th-19th August, 2016 Travelblog
• Hornsund - 16th August 2016 Travelblog
• Storfjord – 15th August 2016 Travelblog
• Straumsland – 14th August 2016 Travelblog
• Hinlopen Strait II – 13th August 2016 Travelblog
• Hinlopen Strait I – 12th August 2016 Travelblog
• Nordaustland – 10th-12th August 2016 Travelblog
• Karl XII Øya, Foynøya – 09th August 2016 Travelblog
• Northern Spitsbergen – 7th/8th August 2016 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen – 6th August 2016 Travelblog
• Magdalenefjord – 5th August 2016 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord – 04th August 2016 Travelblog
• Trygghamna – 03. August 2016 Travelblog
• Polar bear family shot at Austfjordneset: shooter gets fine News

July 2016

• Bellsund – 28th/29th July 2016 Travelblog
• Hornsund – 27th July 2016 Travelblog
• Storfjord – 26th July 2016 Travelblog
• Heleysund & Freemansund – 25th July 2016 Travelblog
• Bråsvellbreen, Vibebukta – 24th July 2016 Travelblog
• Storøya & Kvitøya – 23rd July 2016 Travelblog
• Sjuøyane – 22nd July 2016 Travelblog
• Wahlenbergfjord – 22nd July 2016 Travelblog
• Hinlopen – 21st July, 2016 Travelblog
• Mosselhalvøya – 18th/19th July, 2016 Travelblog
• West coast – 16th and 17th July 2016 Travelblog
• Forlandsund – 15th July 2016 Travelblog
• Female polar bear and cub shot at Austfjordneset: case goes to Tromsø News
• Female polar bear and cub shot at Austfjordneset News

June 2016

• Around Jan Mayen – 22nd June 2016 Travelblog
• Southwards to Kapp Wien – 21st June 2016 Travelblog
• Haugenstranda – 20th June 2016 Travelblog
• The tour to Sør Jan – 17th-19th June 2016 Travelblog
• Crossing to Jan Mayen – 14th-16th June 2016 Travelblog
• Island – 13th June 2016 Travelblog
• Isfjord – 11th June 2016 Travelblog
• Northwest Spitsbergen – 10th June 2016 Travelblog
• Woodfjord – 08th June 2016 Travelblog
• Liefdefjord - 07th June 2016 Travelblog
• Raudfjord – 06th June 2016 Travelblog
• Engelsbukta, Ny Ålesund – 05th June 2016 Travelblog
• Isfjord – 04th June 2016 Travelblog
• Tempelfjord – 02nd June 2016 Travelblog
• Barentsburg & Ymerbukta – 01st June 2016 Travelblog

May 2016

• Forlandsund – 31st May 2016 Travelblog
• Bellsund – 30th May 2016 Travelblog
• Hornsund – 28th/29th May 2016 Travelblog
• Barents Sea – 27th/28th May 2016 Travelblog
• Barents Sea & Bear Island – 26th and 27th May 2016 Travelblog
• Harstad, Senja – 24th May 2016 Travelblog
• Skrova, Trollfjord – 23rd May 2016 Travelblog
• Kabelvåg, Tjeldbergtinden – 22nd May 2016 Travelblog
• Reine & Nusfjord – 21st May 2016 Travelblog
• Bodø – 20th May 2016 Travelblog
• Svalbardmelding: new Norwegian white paper for Spitsbergen-politics News
• Jan Mayen 2016: one seat available News

April 2016

• Polar bear near Longyearbyen anaesthetized and flown out News
• Polar bear near Longyearbyen News
• Polar bear shot at Verlegenhuken News
• Barentsburg - 16th April, 2016 Travelblog
• Surging glaciers in Spitsbergen News
• Operafjellet - 13th April, 2016 Travelblog
• Longyearbyen mining history - 11th April 2016 Travelblog
• Trappers Trail - 09th April 2016 News/Blog
• Diabasodden - 06th-07th April 2016 Travelblog
• Easter brainteaser: the answer News
• No direct flights from Helsinki to Longyearbyen News
• Sabine Land - 01 April 2016 Travelblog

March 2016

• Earthquake in Longyearbyen News
• Visit to the arctic opera - 29th March 2016 Travelblog
• Easter - 27 March 2016 Travelblog
• spitsbergen-svalbard.com Easter brainteaser News
• Railway locomotive from Ny Ålesund under restoration News
• Temperature in February 10 degrees above average News
• Sun celebration - 08 March 2016 Travelblog
• Barentsburg - 04/05 March 2015 Travelblog

February 2016

• The famous seed vault - 29 February, 2016 Travelblog
• Living house in Longyearbyen in danger of collapse: evacuation News
• Pyramiden - February 2016 Travelblog
• North Korea signs Svalbard Treaty News

January 2016

• Looking back at 2015 – December News
• Cruelty to polar bear in Russia News
• Looking back at 2015 – November News
• Looking back at 2015 – October News
• Longyearbyen avalanche: more houses damaged News
• Looking back at 2015 – September News
• Looking back at 2015 – August News
• Avalanche in Longyearbyen: evacuation lifted News
• Looking back at 2015 – July News
• Looking back at 2015 – June News
• Looking back at 2015 – May News
• Looking back at 2015 – April News
• Looking back at 2015 – March News
• Street flooded in Adventdalen News

2015

December 2015

• Looking back at 2015 – January and February News
• 2015 seen from spitsbergen-svalbard.com’s perspective News
• Avalanche in Longyearbyen: political aftermath News
• Avalanche in Longyearbyen: evacuation partly lifted News
• Avalanche in Longyearbyen: child confirmed dead News
• Avalanche in Longyearbyen: more houses evacuated News
• Avalanche in Longyearbyen: one person confirmed dead News
• Heaviest storm in Longyearbyen in 30 years: houses damaged by avalanche News
• Svalbard ice free: pregnant female polar bears can't access denning areas News

November 2015

• Svalbard winter 2016: photo trip and a balloon adventure News
• Hiking to Pyramiden in the polar night News
• Tougher border controls between Norway and Svalbard News
• Polar night - mid November Travelblog
• Skrova, the Polar Light Centre in Laukvik and Svolvær - 05th November 2015 Travelblog
• Trollfjord and Skrova - 04th November 2015 Travelblog
• Harstad and Trondenes - 03rd November 2015 Travelblog
• Lyngenfjord - 02nd November 2015 Travelblog
• Manndalen - 01st November 2015 Travelblog
• Oil and gas from the Arctic? Test drillings northeast of Svalbard News

Oktober 2015

• Tromsø - 31st October 2015 Travelblog
• Male polar bear injured by scientific collar: continued News
• Male polar bear injured by scientific collar News
• Polar bear mother with 3 cubs has lost 2 of them News
• Election of the new City Council (Lokalstyre) in Longyearbyen News
• Drastic downscaling of coal mining industry News
• Longyearbyen - 04th Oktober 2015 Travelblog
• Isfjord II - 03rd October 2015 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 02nd Oktober 2015 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 01st Oktober 2015 Travelblog

September 2015

• From Raudfjord to Krossfjord - 29th September 2015 Travelblog
• The northwest shows off, part II - 28th September 2015 Travelblog
• The northwest shows off, part I - 28th September 2015 Travelblog
• Forlandsund - 27th September 2015 Travelblog
• Isfjord - 24th September 2015 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 23rd September 2015 Travelblog
• Krossfjord - 22nd September 2015 Travelblog
• Krossfjord - 21st September 2015 Travelblog
• Monacobreen - 20th September 2015 Travelblog
• Walrus-madness on Moffen - 19th September 2015 Travelblog
• Walrusses and Harbour seals - 18th September 2015 Travelblog
• Magdalenefjord - 17th September 2015 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 16th September 2015 Travelblog
• Longyearbyen - 15th September 2015 Travelblog
• Haudegen station under repair News
• Memory card lost in Spitsbergen in 2009 now found News
• Ittoqqortoormiit - 08th September 2015 Travelblog
• Bjørne Øerne & Charcot Havn - 07th September 2015 Travelblog
• Northern light - 06th September 2015 Travelblog
• Tundra land & Island fjord - 06th September 2015 Travelblog
• Fjord of colours II - 05th September 2015 Travelblog
• Fjord of wind - fjord of colours - 04rd September 2015 Travelblog
• Basalt heaven in Vikingebugten - 03rd September 2015 Travelblog
• From Reykjavik to Scoresbysund Travelblog

August 2015

• Spitsbergen calendar 2016 available News
• Mild summer in Spitsbergen News
• Smoldering fire at cultural heritage in Colesbukta News
• Nordaustland circumnavigated by sea kayakers News
• Sysselmannen removes garbage from Svalbard´s beaches News
• Four polar bears, one walrus - 11th August 2015 Travelblog
• Erdmannflya - 05th August 2015 Travelblog
• Bellsund - 04th August 2015 Travelblog
• Ice … with a little help from my friends - 03rd August 2015 Travelblog
• Ice - 03rd August 2015 Travelblog
• Habenichtbukta - 01st + 02nd August 2015 Travelblog
• More walrusses, more wind, more ice - 07/31 + 08/01/2015 Travelblog

July 2015

• Walrusses, ice and currents - 30th July 2015 Travelblog
• Lomfjord & Hinlopen - 29th July 2015 Travelblog
• Wind & Ice - 28th July 2015 Travelblog
• Murchisonfjord - 27th July 2015 Travelblog
• Mosselbukta - 26th July 2015 Travelblog
• Land of polar bear and whalers - 25th July 2015 Travelblog
• Northwards - 24th July 2015 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord III - 23rd July 2015 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord II - 22nd July 2015 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 21st July 2015 Travelblog
• Prins Karls Forland - 20. Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Advanced Spitsbergen: Arctica II - 19th Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Pyramiden - 16th Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Ekmanfjord - 15th Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Recherchefjord - 14th Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Hornsund - 13th Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Southern west coast - 12rd Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Forlandsund & Whales - 11th Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Sailing along the north coast & Virgohamna - 9th/10th Juli 2015 Travelblog
• UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting Svalbard News
• Sorgfjord - 9th Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Hinlopen - 07th Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Lomfjord - 07th Juli 2015 Travelblog
• Alkefjellet - 06th July 2015 Travelblog
• Nordaustland - 6th July 2015 Travelblog
• Woodfjord - 5th July 2015 Travelblog
• Velkomstpynten - 4th July 2016 Travelblog
• Raudfjord - 03rd Juli 2015 Travelblog
• The Northwest: polar bear country - 2nd July 2015 Travelblog
• Kongsfjord - 1st July 2015 Travelblog

June 2015

• Glaucous gulls: The population in Svalbard is under pressure News
• Crossing to Iceland - 25th-27th June 2015 Travelblog
• Farewell Jan Mayen - 24th June 2015 Travelblog
• Jan Mayen triathlon - 23rd June 2015 - St. Hans Travelblog
• Slettfjellet, Kvalrossbukta, Kvalrossen - 22nd/23rd June 2015 Travelblog
• Beerenberg - 20th-21st June 2015 Travelblog
• Jan Mayen Travelblog
• Somewhere in the middle of nowhere between Iceland and Jan Mayen Travelblog
• Polar bear eats dolphin: normal or not? News
• Iceland Travelblog
• Noorderlicht: last season as "ship in the ice" News
• Longyearbyen airport: running out of fuel News
• New Sysselmannen: Kjerstin Askholt News
• Isfjord, Longyearbyen Travelblog
• Prins Karls Forland, Barentsburg Travelblog
• Bellsund Travelblog
• Van Keulenfjord Travelblog

May 2015

• Ice Travelblog
• Whaling Travelblog
• Bear Island Travelblog
• May 17th: Norwegian Constitution Day is also celebrated in the Arctic News
• Tromsø Travelblog
• Tinden Travelblog
• Raftsund & Vesterålen Travelblog
• Digermulen Travelblog
• Winter season coming to an end; polar bear families in Billefjord News
• Heimøya Travelblog
• Nusfjord Travelblog
• Bodø Travelblog
• Russia protests against Norwegian oil development in the Barents Sea News
• Store Norske bailout News

April 2015

• Pyramiden Travelblog
• East coast Travelblog
• Russian Vice premier Rogozin in Spitsbergen News
• Vindodden Travelblog
• Arctic voyages 2015: Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen News
• Antarctic panorama: Cape Adare News
• The arctic blog continued News
• Almost doubling of snow mobile accidents News
• Larsbreen Travelblog
• Tempelfjord Travelblog
• Spitsbergen-Svalbard.com Easter brainteaser: the mystery solved News
• Bjørndalen Travelblog
• Mohnbukta Travelblog
• Adventtoppen Travelblog
• spitsbergen-svalbard.com Easter brainteaser News
• Easter weekend in Bjørndalen Travelblog
• Permaculture: vegetables, fresh and tasty from the arctic News
• Lower extent of winter sea ice in the Arctic News

March 2015

• Joyous news from the Habitat Restoration Project in South Georgia News
• Longyearbyen Travelblog
• Barentsburg, Colesbukta Travelblog
• Hiorthfjellet Travelblog
• Sassendalen Travelblog
• De Geerdalen Travelblog
• Around Colesdalen Travelblog
• Breinosa & Hiorthhamn Travelblog
• Solar eclipse in Spitsbergen: total darkness - total success News
• The solar eclipse Travelblog
• Polar bear shot near Fredheim in Tempelfjord News
• Tempelfjord Travelblog
• Solar eclipse is coming closer in Spitsbergen News
• South Georgia: rats, birds and "The Mists of Time" News
• Happy end to long SAR operation News

February 2015

• Night flight across Longyearbyen News
• Spitsbergen's fjords are freezing over News
• Solar eclipse in March attracts visitors to Spitsbergen News

January 2015

• Young man died in snow avalanche News
• Polar bear gathering on Hopen News
• Antarctic semi-circumnavigation: Ross Sea expedition News
• New Norwegian spy ship in the Barents Sea News
• Digital map Spitsbergen News

2014

December 2014

• Photo trip: arctic winter, Spitsbergen 2015 News
• Site of the week: White-beaked dolphin News
• Coal mining not profitable: Store Norske cuts 100 jobs News
• Site of the week: northern lights News
• November wet and warm News
• Bear Island: Boundary stone in a boundless sea News
• Site of the week: midnight sun and polar night News

November 2014

• Decline in polar bear population in the southern Beaufort Sea News
• Coal mining in Spitsbergen under pressure News
• Punchfest in Longyearbyen News
• Webpage of the week: Panoramas northwest Spitsbergen News
• Polar Code: IMO regulations for shipping in polar waters News
• Spitsbergen, Antarctica News

Oktober 2014

• Beginning of the polar night, Krossfjord panorama pages News
• Polar bear in Longyearbyen, final act News
• Polar bear in Longyearbyen: part II News
• Polar bear in Longyearbyen News
• The arctic season 2014 in retrospective: Bjørnøya, Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen ... Travelblog
• Polar bear in hotel bar in Pyramiden News
• "Wildlife specialists" barked at walrusses News
• „Polarsyssel“: A new ship for the Sysselmannen News

September 2014

• Oktoberfest in Longyearbyen News
• Billefjord Travelblog
• Van Mijenfjord Travelblog
• Van Keulenfjord, Recherchefjord Travelblog
• Forlandsund Travelblog
• Kongsfjord Travelblog
• Krossfjord Travelblog
• Pyramiden Travelblog
• Polar bear with Svalbardbutikken plastic bag News
• Gruvefjellet & Adventdalen Travelblog
• Plataberg Travelblog
• Ship of Franklin-expedition found in Northwest Passage News
• Spitsbergen calendar 2015 News
• Longyearbyen Camping: season & info, virtual tour News
• Polar bear roaming near Longyearbyen News

August 2014

• Arctic season 2014: photos, blog News
• Hiorthfjellet Travelblog
• Adventfjord Travelblog
• Greenpeace-ship ‘Esperanza’ violated new pilotage regulations on Spitsbergen News
• Guide breaks leg on Sarkofagen News
• Again explosives have been found News
• Eidembukta Travelblog
• Krossfjord Travelblog
• Danskøya & The Seven Icebergs Travelblog
• Raudfjord Travelblog
• The high north Travelblog
• Northwestern Nordaustland Travelblog
• Southwestern Nordaustland Travelblog
• Barentsøya Travelblog
• Ryke Yseøyane Travelblog
• Edgeøya Travelblog
• Kvalvågen Travelblog
• Isbukta Travelblog
• Hornsund, Südkap Travelblog
• Bellsund Travelblog
• Alkhornet, Reiniusøyane Travelblog
• Longyearbyen, Isfjord Travelblog
• Again polar bear caught in fishing net News
• SAR mission because of problems with satellite communication News
• Isfjord: Pyramiden, Gipshuksletta Travelblog

July 2014

• Isfjord Travelblog
• Bellsund Travelblog
• Polar bear freed from nylon noose News
• Hornsund Travelblog
• Sørkapp Travelblog
• Barentsøya Travelblog
• Heleysund Travelblog
• Nordaustland Travelblog
• Hinlopen Travelblog
• Ice – Murchisonfjord Travelblog
• Woodfjord Travelblog
• Liefdefjord Travelblog
• Raudfjord Travelblog
• The northwest Travelblog
• Kongsfjord Travelblog
• Arrival - Longyearbyen Travelblog
• Reindeer survey on Spitsbergen: local population kept growing News
• Reykjavik Travelblog
• Back to Iceland Travelblog
• Kvalrossløpet & Olonkinbyen Travelblog
• The way back Travelblog
• Beerenberg Travelblog
• Towards Beerenberg Travelblog
• Jan Mayen weather Travelblog
• First impressions Travelblog
• Jan Mayen - arrival Travelblog
• The crossing Travelblog

June 2014

• Berlin Reykjavik Ísafjörður Travelblog
• Arctic blog: Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen News
• MS Langøysund believed to pay illegally low wages News
• Surge of ice cap Austfonna: time lapse video News
• Fredheim: virtual tour through Spitsbergen's most famous trapper hut News
• The Ocean Cleanup: solution for the global plastic pollution problem News
• Communication breakdown in Spitsbergen News
• Austfonna: an ice cap on the move News

May 2014

• The long migration of polar bear Kara News
• Arctic 2014: Lofoten, Bear Island, Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen News
• Evolution of Polar bears News
• Cruise tourism statistics in Spitsbergen: declining numbers News
• Spitsbergen panorama site: now better and bigger News
• Record-breaking number of participants at Spitsbergen Skimarathon News
• Narwhale´s tusk serves as a sensory organ News

April 2014

• Polar bear found dead in Petuniabukta had been anaesthetised for scientific purposes News
• First photo galleries from the Arctic 2014 News
• 26 ended their Easter holidays in the SAR helicopter in Spitsbergen News
• Yet another SAR operation in Spitsbergen: 16 skiers stuck in storm on Akademikarbreen News
• Research vessel Lance breaks ice in Dicksonfjord News
• Man fell 6 metres into glacier crevasse on Conwayjøkulen News
• East Svalbard Nature Reserves: new regulations in force on 01 May 2014 News
• Man fell 25 metres into glacier crevasse on Nordenskiöldfjellet News
• Trappers Trail 2014: Spitsbergen's largest dog sled race News
• Trappers Trail: Spitsbergen's biggest dog sledge event News
• It's winter in Spitsbergen, but the fjords don't notice News

March 2014

• Marine biology in the polar night: the dark side of life in the polar seas News
• Russian nuclear submarine Krasnodar near Murmansk on fire News
• Snow mobile season in Spitsbergen: accidents/important to know News
• Will Longyearbyen get the northernmost brewery in the world? News
• Arctic drift ice: February cover at fourth lowest extent since 1979 News
• Oil spills in cold climate areas: are and remain uncontrollable News
• Reindeer killed in traffic accident in Longyearbyen News
• Polar voyages 2014, 2015: Spitsbergen, Jan Mayen, East Greenland News
• February temperatures in Longyearbyen 15 degrees above average News
• New coal mine at Lunckefjellet officially opened News

February 2014

• Russia intensifies military activity in the Arctic News
• Retreat of Arctic sea ice accelerates global warming News
• Polar night, polar day News
• Noorderlicht waiting for the ice in Tempelfjord News
• Decline of population in Longyearbyen News
• New photo galleries and panoramas from Lomfjord News

January 2014

• Svalbard environmental protection act updated News
• Barentsburg: coal mine re-opens after accidents in 2013 News
• Hopen: discoverer Marmaduke finally on the map News
• Arctic aliens: mitigating invasive species News
• Arctic invadors: the Snow Crab in the Barents Sea News

2013

December 2013

• Spitsbergen-Svalbard.com 2013, 2014: look back and ahead News
• Thank you and happy new year! News
• 2013, 2014: Spitsbergen-Svalbard.com's look back – the publishing business News
• 2013, 2014: Spitsbergen-Svalbard.com's look back – photography and the internet News
• 2013, 2014: Spitsbergen-Svalbard.com's look back – polar voyages News
• Geothermal energy in Longyearbyen? News
• Arctic sea ice: 2013 more than 2012, but long-term negative trend unbroken News
• Zodiac accident in Fjortende Julibukta: no juridical consequences News
• Reindeer can see within the spectrum of UV-radiation News
• 17 companies searching for oil in new area in the eastern Barents Sea News
• Norway's worst christmas tree stands in Longyearbyen News
• Fine after series of mining accidents in Barentsburg News
• Polar bears in the polar night News

November 2013

• Arctic ice development in 2013 News
• Trapper station at Austfjordneset to be used again News
• First ton coal taken out of Lunckefjellet News
• Spitsbergen-Svalbard.com news are currently taking a break News

Oktober 2013

• Norwegian coal mining in Spitsbergen currently not profitable News
• Greenland: ban on uranium mining lifted News
• Spitsbergen with SV Antigua, September 2014: focus on photography News
• Marine zooplankton more resistant against acidification of ocean water than believed? News
• FatBike Spitsbergen: Bicycling in Svalbard News
• Oil found in the Wisting Central area in the Barents Sea News
• Digital Svalbard map freely available from 2015 News
• Helicopter base on Bear Island (Bjørnøya)? News
• Polar bear dead after anaesthetisation by scientists (II) News
• World War II ammunition at Adventtoppen News

September 2013

• Spitsbergen-Svalbard.com on facebook News
• Oil in Spitsbergen? News
• Gas in Spitsbergen? News
• Spitsbergen-guidebook: 4th German edition now available News
• Polar bear dead after anaesthetisation by scientists News
• Loss due to fewer cruise ship tourists in Ny Ålesund News
• Greenland shark: high levels of long-lived pollutants News

August 2013

• White whales imitate human voice News
• Fewer polar bear dens in Kong Karls Land News
• Methane from arctic permafrost: accelerator of global warming? News

July 2013

• Reindeer population reached highest level News
• Explosives have been found News

June 2013

• Book review for Svalbard guidebook "Spitsbergen-Svalbard" News
• Mine accident in Barentsburg: worker dead News
• Zodiac accident in Krossfjord: woman dead (II) News
• Zodiac accident in Krossfjord: woman dead News
• Happy ending of a dramatic dogsledding expedition News

May 2013

• Evacuation from Bear Island (Bjørnøya) after solarium use News
• Guidebook "Spitsbergen-Svalbard": book review News
• Arctic expeditions 2014: Spitsbergen and Jan Mayen News
• Longyearbyen CO2 neutral? News
• ... the arctic summer is on its way! News
• The end of the arctic winter ... News
• Climate change: fjord ice on the west coast of Spitsbergen strongly reduced News
• Store Norske: black gold yields red numbers News

April 2013

• Spitsbergen panorama photography News
• Spitsbergen-tourism: growth in certain parts News
• Spring in Spitsbergen News
• Once again polar bear shot in self defence News
• Search-and-rescue operations in Spitsbergen: slight increase, but altogether normal News
• Spitsbergen-Svalbard.com-news: currently more photos than news News
• Polar bear shot while climbing through a window into a hut News
• Accident in coal mine in Barentsburg News

March 2013

• Artefacts from polar history lost in museum fire in Italy News
• Spitsbergen under pressure News
• Jan Mayen expedition 2014 - plans are getting shape News
• Polar bears: still legal prey for trophy hunters after lates CITES conference News
• Esmarkbreen-incident - case closed by Sysselmannen News
• Drift ice at Bear Island News

February 2013

• Ice loss in the Arctic: already up to 80 % at minimum times News
• 5 years of spitsbergen-svalbard.com-news News
• Seed vault Longyearbyen - opened 5 years ago News
• Barentsburg: Spitsbergen's strongest population growth News
• Austfjordneset News
• Ross Sea 2013: triplog now available News
• Milder winters: bad for polar mammals News
• Ice in Tempelfjord too thin for Noorderlicht at usual position News
• Spitsbergen-Svalbard.com and the Ross Sea News
• Queen Sonja of Norway in Longyearbyen News

January 2013

• East Svalbard management plan: new proposal from the Sysselmannen News
• Advanced Antarctica: with MV Ortelius to the Ross Sea News
• Environmental toxins lead to thinner eggshells for Ivory gulls News
• Polar bear attack on cameraman News
• Spitsbergen September 2012: photo collections News
• Walrus shot in Norway News

2012

December 2012

• Merry Christmas! News
• Environmental toxins: new compounds found in Spitsbergen News
• Coal mining in Spitsbergen: deficite in 2012 News
• SAR capacities in Spitsbergen: 2 large helicopters from 2014 News
• Longyearbyen: power station on fire News

November 2012

• Low flight over Polar bear News
• Flying low over walrusses: judicial aftermath News
• Northern Sea Route: more traffic News
• White Humpback whale News
• Mercury in Polar bear liver News
• East Greenland: flights to Scoresbysund News
• Snow cover in the arctic on the decrease News
• Fishery zone around Spitsbergen News
• Norwegian foreign minister about arctic oil and gas News

Oktober 2012

• Dark nights and blue notes in Longyearbyen News
• White whales and grey weather News
• End of 2012 summer season News
• Vandalism on historical "vinkelstasjon" near Longyearbyen News
• Tourism in Spitsbergen: stable since 5-6 years News
• Dutch expedition to Edgeøya in 2014 News
• Chasing polar bears with helicopter in the name of science News
• Norwegian coastguard and Sysselmannen flying low over walrus colony News

September 2012

• Most recent ice chart News
• Oil exploration in the Barents Sea News
• Overnights in Longyearbyen stable News
• Cruise tourism in northern Norway on the growth News
• Sailingboat cruising the north coast of Spitsbergen was lost News
• Earthquake near Spitsbergen News
• Polar bear alarm system: user reports News
• Minimum record of drift ice in the arctic News

August 2012

• Russian nuclear waste in polar seas News
• Accident in front oft Esmarkbreen News
• Russian commercial helicopter traffic and the Spitsbergen treaty News
• Walrus population on the growth News
• Camping site now under Dutch control News
• Anja Fleig (1974-2012) News
• The boot mystery News
• Grounding of MS Expedition News

July 2012

• Introduction of compulsory pilotage in Spitsbergen News
• East Svalbard management plan News
• Interesting wildlife encounters News
• No charting of waters around Spitsbergen in 2012 News
• Compulsory pilotage News
• Geology-guide for the Longyearbyen area News

June 2012

• Reindeer population has doubled since 1994 News
• Aasiaat (Disko Bay, Westgreenland), 13th June, 2012 News
• Beginning of arctic shipping season 2012 News
• Svolvær - or Svalbard...? News
• Eider duck news News
• Passage of Venus on June 6th News

May 2012

• No "ozone hole" above the arctic this year News
• Polar bear attack in Tempelfjorden: case closed in Norway News
• Attack on Utøya: Viljar Hanssen from Longyearbyen bears witness in Oslo News
• International climate symposium in Ny Ålesund News
• Pilotage in Spitsbergen News
• Russian-Norwegian oil cooperation in the northern Barents Sea News
• Oil spill in the Russian Arctic News
• Isfjord: currently a sub-arctic fjord News
• Bear Island will get its own "port" News
• Norwegian whaling season has started News
• East Svalbard management plan News

April 2012

• Species "polar bear" older than believed so far News
• East Greenland 2013 News
• Big oil is watching Spitsbergen News
• Easter keeps the winter's promise News
• The "boat in the ice" News
• PCB-concentrations in polar bears on the decrease News

March 2012

• Glaucous gulls threatened by environmental toxins News
• Bad winter season News
• Drug abuse in Longyearbyen News
• Research permission denied News
• "Spitsbergen-Svalbard" guidebook: 3rd edition now available News
• Tourism and the arctic environment: a problem - really? News
• Helicopter traffic in Spitsbergen News
• Polar bear attack in Tempelfjord News
• IMO: polar code not before 2015 News

February 2012

• Shrimp trawling in Hinlopenrenna News
• Compulsory pilotage in Spitsbergen News
• Temperature records in Spitsbergen News
• Hardly any drift ice around Spitsbergen News
• Weather capers in Spitsbergen News

January 2012

• Deadly polar bear attack in Tempelfjorden News
• East Svalbard management plan: open letter from Thor Larsen News
• Diesel leakage at Kapp Linné News
• Management plan for East Svalbard: letter to the editor of Svalbardposten News
• Exploration drilling in the Barents Sea News
• AECO: site-specific guidelines News
• Spitsbergen on the UNESCO world heritage list? News

2011

December 2011

• Polar bears News
• Libya and the north pole News
• Spitsbergen: UNESCO world heritage site? News
• Ny Ålesund: new geodetic station News
• New coal mine at Lunckefjellet News
• East Svalbard News

November 2011

• Polar bear research: field season 2010 News
• High levels of environmental toxins in Glaucous gulls News
• Goldrush in St. Jonsfjord News
• MS Nordstjernen: final season in 2012 News
• Military use of SvalSat? News

Oktober 2011

• Narcotica abuse in Longyearbyen News
• Temperate water in Spitsbergen’s fjords News
• Compulsory pilotage? News
• Longyearbyen Lokalstyre elected News
• Eastern Svalbard News
• Visa and passport requirements News
• Polar bear alarm fence News

September 2011

• Tourism control during 2011 season News
• Rabies News

August 2011

• Polar bear attack in Tempelfjord III News
• Deadly Polar bear attack II News
• Deadly polar bear attack in Tempelfjord News

May 2011

• Problems with online booking system News
• Huge demand for Longyearbyen-coal News
• Polar bear denning sites on Kong Karls Land News

April 2011

• Sysselmannen recommends new coal mine News

March 2011

• Costs for search and rescue News
• Record depletion of arctic ozone News
• Father puts himself and his two sons at risk News

February 2011

• Positive netto balance in 2009 News
• Environmental impact of expedition cruising in Svalbard News
• Jason Roberts "expelled" News
• Polar bear to Japan? News
• Dog killed by polar bear News
• Spitsbergen: a tax oasis? News
• Climate change in and around Spitsbergen News

January 2011

• No permanent research station in Billefjorden News
• Rabies News
• Wreck of Petrozavodsk to be removed News

2010

December 2010

• PCB-project completed News
• Pass control in Longyearbyen News
• Northern light activity maximum in 2013/14 News
• Jan Mayen Nature Reserve News

November 2010

• Brunich’s guillemot on the Norwegian Red List News

September 2010

• Sedov visit to Spitsbergen News

August 2010

• Historical hut burnt in Brucebyen News
• Reindeer hunt News
• Natural emergency harbours in Spitsbergen News
• Sea ice, plancton and related issues ... News
• New dinosaur fossils News

July 2010

• Two paddlers and an bear News
• New geodetic station planned in Ny Ålesund News
• Underground CO2 storage in Adventdalen News
• Will Bear Island get its own cenotaph? News
• Third EISCAT-antenna News
• Polar Star aground News

June 2010

• Field police operative News
• Passport Control News
• Orcanic waste mills News
• Polar bears in Longyearbyen ... News

May 2010

• Polar bears feed on goose colonies News
• Large cruise ships in Spitsbergen: soon history? News
• Zinc mine in North Greenland News
• Fewer dangerous confrontations with polar bears News

April 2010

• Gold rush News
• Single-handed flight across the North Pole News
• Volcanic ash cloud from Iceland also in Spitsbergen News

March 2010

• Seed vault is growing News
• Information about the ecosystem Barents Sea: BarentsPortal News
• Fewer ships during summer season 2010 News
• Sunfest in Longyearbyen News
• Tourists melt Spitsbergen ... News
• Evolution of Polar bears News

February 2010

• Environmental situation in the Barents Sea News
• Eastern Svalbard Nature Reserves: potential closure of largest parts still on the agenda News
• Coal mining economy News
• Snow mobiles and alcohol News
• High pesticide levels in Spitsbergen News
• Gold rush in St. Jonsfjord News

2009

November 2009

• Tough times in Barentsburg News
• Wintering areas of ptarmigans News
• Danger of alien plant species News
• CO2-storage in Adventdalen News

Oktober 2009

• Beginning of the polar night News
• New regulations: Historical sites declared off limits, ban on heavy oil in National Parks News

August 2009

• CO₂-storage underground in Adventdalen News
• Arctic Ocean possibly seasonally ice-free as early as 2030 News
• Ban on entering carst cave News
• Grounding of Russian ship at Bjørnøya IV News

July 2009

• Russian ship Petrozavodsk grounded at Bjørnøya News
• Change of marine ecosystem poses potential threat on Little auks  News

June 2009

• Large nature reserves in Eastern Svalbard: "no entry" News
• Search-and-rescue (SAR) operations can be expensive News
• Grounded ship at Bjørnøya: Captain and officer sentenced News

May 2009

• Russian ship wrecked at Bjørnøya News
• First oil field  in the Barents sea opens in 2013 News
• New Spitsbergen-newspaper News
• Russians lost court case concerning helicopter flights News
• Coal mining in the Arctic on the way towards future   News

April 2009

• Political visits to Ny Ålesund News
• New Svalbard Whitepaper published News
• Svalbardmuseum: new exhibition News
• Increased avalanche risk News

March 2009

• Sun festival in Longyearbyen News

February 2009

• Commercial renting of firearms News
• Eastern Svalbard News

January 2009

• Good news abour environmental toxins News
• SvalSat-satellite station near Longyearbyen News
• Polar bears like reindeer News
• Cold and calm New Year's eve in Spitsbergen News

2008

December 2008

• Motorised traffic banned from Bolterdalen News
• EU funding research in Spitsbergen News
• Closing eastern Svalbard for organized tourism - an ongoing discussion News
• Natural fluctuations of reindeer: 2008 not a good year in Spitsbergen News

November 2008

• Coal mining remains vital for Longyearbyen's economy News
• New museum in Longyearbyen: Svalbard Airship Museum will open on 15 November News
• PCBs in Russian settlements News
• Police report against Norwegian Polar Institute News

Oktober 2008

• New American report about climate change in the Arctic News
• Passport control in Longyearbyen News
• New regulations for ship-based organized tourism in Eastern Svalbard News

August 2008

• Spitsbergen's glaciers on the run News
• Gold in Spitsbergen News
• CO2-storage in Adventdalen News
• Arctic sea ice News
• Barentsburg: Russian helicopter flights News

July 2008

• Coal production in Sveagruva profitable News
• New station in Ny Ålesund News
• Prominent visitors to the ice News

June 2008

• Start of summer season 2008 News
• The PCB-project is making progress News

May 2008

• Permafrost on Mars News
• Van Mijenfjord - Sveagruva - Lunckefjellet News

April 2008

• Environment: New pollutants / Rising values of atmospheric CO₂ News
• Accidents in Barentsburg News
• New laws for tourism in protected areas News

March 2008

• Development of tourism in Spitsbergen News
• Plans about new coal mine News

February 2008

• Seed vault officially opened News
• Spectacular finds of dinosaur skeleton remains in the Isfjord area News
• Earthquake in Storfjord News