The Norwegian Arctic islands of Svalbard are discouraging last-minute visitors for a rare solar eclipse next week, warning that hotels are full, it will be freezing cold and polar bears are on the ...

The bear peeks out of the garage window. Photo: Malin Stark A Swedish nature guide had a surprisingly dramatic Sunday morning when she was greeted by an unexpected guest at work: a polar bear. The ...

Few places on Earth are more extreme than Svalbard. Its largest settlement, Longyearbyen, home to only 2,500 people, sits roughly halfway between Norwegian civilization and the North Pole, above the ...