Video footage from the Arctic town of Pyramiden on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard shows the polar bear charging at a man who fired at him.

A colony of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) resting on a beach on the west coast of Svalbard. Florian Ledoux “The walrus is like a mythical creature,” says Colleen Reichmuth, a research ...

They are also missing the dorsal fin. An extremely shy species, belugas are difficult to find around Svalbard. But we do know that in the summer months they visit to the fjords of Svalbard to mate.

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. In 1977, Norway established a maritime Fisheries Protection Zone (FPZ) around Svalbard, yet avoided claiming an outright Exclusive ...