Longyearbyen, Norway, is the northernmost town in the world.ginger_polina_bublik/Shutterstock The world's northernmost town is Longyearbyen in the Norwegian ...

Along with being the northernmost inhabited place in the world, this Norwegian island is home to many polar bears that you'll ...

Norwegian Polar Institute polar bear biologist Magnus Andersen reports on the 2009 spring polar bear field season from the islands of Svalbard. Norwegian Polar Institute polar bear biologist Magnus ...

For nearly a decade, researchers have gathered camera footage from outside the dens of female polar bears and their cubs on Svalbard, shedding light on the behaviors linked to denning. When you ...

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Norwegian Polar Institute polar bear biologist Magnus Andersen reports on the 2009/2010 winter polar bear field season from the islands of Svalbard. Norwegian Polar Institute polar bear biologist ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The largest land carnivores in the world, polar bears are a striking symbol of wildlife in the Arctic. They’re actually ...

Mother bear with three cubs. Recorded using a remote camera as part of the maternal den research in Svalbard, Norway with Polar Bears International, the Norwegian Polar Institute, and the San Diego ...

There are an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 polar bears on or around Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago as far north as you can fly on a commercial flight. At about 78 degrees north latitude, it is less than ...

The world's northernmost town is Longyearbyen in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. The town is 800 miles from the North Pole and one of the most remote human settlements on Earth. Longyearbyen ...