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The City That Does Not See The Sun For 4 Months
Svalbard's Longyearbyen experiences a Polar Night from mid-November to late January with total darkness for about 75 days.
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Canada Builds New Icebreakers To Strengthen Arctic Presence
At a massive shipyard in North Vancouver, Canadian workers grind metal beams for a powerful new icebreaker crucial to cementing the country's presence in the increasingly contested Arctic.
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Canada's Alert Base To See 136 Days Of No Sunlight, Here Are Other Polar Night Spots
Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Alert is home to a military and scientific base that endures some of the harshest and most extreme conditions on the planet.
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The Eye-Opening Science Of Close Encounters With Polar Bears
For the last four decades, experts from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) have been keeping tabs on the health and movement of polar bears in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
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This Arctic Town Has The World's Northernmost Brewery And A Ban On Death
Some places on Earth are wild in more ways than one, and Svalbard Bryggeri in Norway - the northernmost brewery on the planet - is one of them.
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In Norway's Arctic, Meteorologists Have A First-Row Seat To Climate Change
In the cold of the Norwegian Arctic, meteorologist Trond Robertsen manually recorded precipitation levels for over two decades, witnessing firsthand the effects of climate change.
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First Orbital Rocket Launch from European Soil Delayed Due to Winds
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket was set to launch from Norway’s Andøya Spaceport but was delayed due to strong winds. The maiden flight was scheduled within a three-hour launch window on March 24. The company confirmed that both the rocket and infrastructure remain unaffected, and a new launch window is being determined. The test flight, which ...
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NASA Rockets Create Artificial Clouds Under Northern Lights in Norway
On November 10, 2024, NASA conducted a rocket launch in Norway that resulted in swirling artificial clouds beneath the aurora borealis. The experiment aimed to study energy flow through Earth’s atmosphere and observe how gravity waves behave. The launch occurred from Andøya Space Center, located in the Arctic Circle, offering ideal conditions fo...
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World's Largest Ocean Predator-Prey Marine Event Captured Off Norway's Coast
In a first-of-its-kind discovery, MIT scientists observed a massive predator-prey event in Norway, where millions of cod pursued spawning capelin. The event highlights the critical role of capelin in the marine food chain, providing sustenance for predatory fish like Atlantic cod. However, as Arctic ice retreats due to climate change, capelin face ...
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Doomsday Arctic Vault, The World's Backup Gene Bank, Sees Surge In Samples
An Arctic seed vault on Norway's Spitsbergen island received new samples last week from the largest number of depositors since 2020, reflecting fear about the threat of conflict and climate change to food security.
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Study Warns Melting Arctic Ice Could Disrupt Ocean Currents in Europe
Scientists from UiT The Arctic University of Norway have issued a stark warning regarding the impact of melting Arctic sea ice on global ocean circulation patterns. Their recent study highlights that significant inflows of freshwater from melting sea ice into the Nordic Seas have historically led to dramatic cooling in northern Europe. By analysing...
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Unique Land In The Arctic Up For Grabs, Spurs China-Norway Tensions
The last piece of privately owned land in the strategic Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic is up for grabs, a property likely to entice China but which Norway does not intend to let go without a fight.
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Oldest Fossils Of Remarkable Marine Reptiles Found In Arctic
Researchers said they have found remains of the earliest-known ichthyosaur, which lived approximately 2 million years after Earth's worst mass extinction that ended the Permian Period
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Russia, China Eye NATO's 'Arctic Achilles Heel', Born Of Strange Treaties
Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin looms out of the snow and a vast slogan declares, "Communism is our goal!"
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Photographer Recreates A 1918 Photo To Show 100 Years Of Glacier Retreat
A photographer has recreated a 1918 photo of a glacier in order to highlight how much of it has disappeared over the last century.
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The City That Does Not See The Sun For 4 Months
Svalbard's Longyearbyen experiences a Polar Night from mid-November to late January with total darkness for about 75 days.
-
Canada Builds New Icebreakers To Strengthen Arctic Presence
At a massive shipyard in North Vancouver, Canadian workers grind metal beams for a powerful new icebreaker crucial to cementing the country's presence in the increasingly contested Arctic.
-
Canada's Alert Base To See 136 Days Of No Sunlight, Here Are Other Polar Night Spots
Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Alert is home to a military and scientific base that endures some of the harshest and most extreme conditions on the planet.
-
The Eye-Opening Science Of Close Encounters With Polar Bears
For the last four decades, experts from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) have been keeping tabs on the health and movement of polar bears in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
-
This Arctic Town Has The World's Northernmost Brewery And A Ban On Death
Some places on Earth are wild in more ways than one, and Svalbard Bryggeri in Norway - the northernmost brewery on the planet - is one of them.
-
In Norway's Arctic, Meteorologists Have A First-Row Seat To Climate Change
In the cold of the Norwegian Arctic, meteorologist Trond Robertsen manually recorded precipitation levels for over two decades, witnessing firsthand the effects of climate change.
-
First Orbital Rocket Launch from European Soil Delayed Due to Winds
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket was set to launch from Norway’s Andøya Spaceport but was delayed due to strong winds. The maiden flight was scheduled within a three-hour launch window on March 24. The company confirmed that both the rocket and infrastructure remain unaffected, and a new launch window is being determined. The test flight, which ...
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NASA Rockets Create Artificial Clouds Under Northern Lights in Norway
On November 10, 2024, NASA conducted a rocket launch in Norway that resulted in swirling artificial clouds beneath the aurora borealis. The experiment aimed to study energy flow through Earth’s atmosphere and observe how gravity waves behave. The launch occurred from Andøya Space Center, located in the Arctic Circle, offering ideal conditions fo...
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World's Largest Ocean Predator-Prey Marine Event Captured Off Norway's Coast
In a first-of-its-kind discovery, MIT scientists observed a massive predator-prey event in Norway, where millions of cod pursued spawning capelin. The event highlights the critical role of capelin in the marine food chain, providing sustenance for predatory fish like Atlantic cod. However, as Arctic ice retreats due to climate change, capelin face ...
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Doomsday Arctic Vault, The World's Backup Gene Bank, Sees Surge In Samples
An Arctic seed vault on Norway's Spitsbergen island received new samples last week from the largest number of depositors since 2020, reflecting fear about the threat of conflict and climate change to food security.
-
Study Warns Melting Arctic Ice Could Disrupt Ocean Currents in Europe
Scientists from UiT The Arctic University of Norway have issued a stark warning regarding the impact of melting Arctic sea ice on global ocean circulation patterns. Their recent study highlights that significant inflows of freshwater from melting sea ice into the Nordic Seas have historically led to dramatic cooling in northern Europe. By analysing...
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Unique Land In The Arctic Up For Grabs, Spurs China-Norway Tensions
The last piece of privately owned land in the strategic Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic is up for grabs, a property likely to entice China but which Norway does not intend to let go without a fight.
-
Oldest Fossils Of Remarkable Marine Reptiles Found In Arctic
Researchers said they have found remains of the earliest-known ichthyosaur, which lived approximately 2 million years after Earth's worst mass extinction that ended the Permian Period
-
Russia, China Eye NATO's 'Arctic Achilles Heel', Born Of Strange Treaties
Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin looms out of the snow and a vast slogan declares, "Communism is our goal!"
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Photographer Recreates A 1918 Photo To Show 100 Years Of Glacier Retreat
A photographer has recreated a 1918 photo of a glacier in order to highlight how much of it has disappeared over the last century.
