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Join Dr. Richard Vercoe and Dr. Samantha Dwinnell as we visit remote research stations and help conduct field research in marine, glacial, and terrestrial environments to learn more about polar ...
A new study has found that the Åsgardfonna glacier on Svalbard survived, and may even have advanced, during a warmer-than-present period on our planet thousands of years ago. This warm period ...
The two were also active campaigners for conservation and non-motorised tourism in Svalbard in response to the increased use of snow-mobiles by other tour operators. They also opposed plans to build a ...
Cubs were seen without their moms only 5% of the time. In Svalbard, cubs depend on their mom for up to 2.5 years. Circumpolar ...
continuous regeneration needs and staffing requirements for proper seed conservation. Nestled deep within the Arctic permafrost on the island of Spitsbergen, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was ...
Using remote cameras and satellite collars, researchers were able to track down polar bear dens in Norway’s Svalbard region ... that could potentially inform conservation strategies.