Want to break free-ze? Americans looking for a sudden change of scenery can move immediately to one idyllic, low-tax European ...

The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, lying roughly midway between Norway’s northern coast and the North Pole, is the site ...

Hurtigruten's Sivert Lohse Øverli works as Executive Head Chef on 'MS Trollfjord', a refurbished coastal ferry turned cruise ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has a practical mission – protecting seeds as a backup for seed banks around the world – but ...

Today, seed banks around the world are doing much of the work of saving crop varieties that could be essential resources under future growing conditions. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway ...

The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, lying roughly midway between Norway’s northern coast and the North Pole, is the site of the world’s northernmost permanent settlements. Blomdahl ...

By Amelia Nierenberg The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, in the far reaches of northern Norway, is meant to be humanity’s last resort. Imagine it as the world’s doomsday garden shed: a secure ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway supports them all. It is the world’s most famous backup site for seeds that are more precious than data. Tens of thousands of new seeds from around the ...

SVALBARD, Norway — The cruise company’s promotional video starts with a loop of Arctic nature at its most awe-inspiring: a surfacing whale, a lumbering walrus and a polar bear shrouded in mist.

The last inhabited stop in Norway before the North Pole is for those willing to embrace nature at its most perilous We had booked the tour ahead of our Svalbard trip—a hike up the Sarkofagen ...