From exciting snowmobile tours to cosy cabin retreats, winter is a magical time to visit Svalbard's remote Arctic landscapes. Photograph by Hurtigruten Svalbard With imposing ice caps, rocky islands ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Judy Koutsky covers adventure, luxury and family travel. Cruising to bucket list destinations—like Antarctica and the Arctic—are ...

The endless days of summer in Longyearbyen give visitors plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities. Have you ever experienced a day that never ends? In Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the Arctic summer ...

Fall in Svalbard slips by quickly, but it’s one of the most revealing times to visit. September marks the shift from endless daylight to longer nights, and with that comes a noticeable change in the ...

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

A brilliant-white creature, camouflaged by snow, rests on a solitary slab of ice in the Arctic Ocean, sparkling under the polar summer sun. This majestic bird, the ivory gull, is a poignant symbol of ...

In this ultra-remote archipelago, there are more polar bears than people, no taxes, visas, or cats, and it’s illegal to die or be born there. It’s so far-flung that it houses the Global Seed Vault, ...

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 ...

An increase in tourists visiting the high Arctic could endanger wildlife. Berlin -- When a polar bear was killed by a tour operator on the remote island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway ...

Svalbard is the World's last village where a seed vault preserves more than 1.3 million seed samples. Visit Svalbard Have you heard of a place where births and burials are forbidden? Well! That's the ...