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Mission: impossible (until later)

UPDATE | Moving a fishing boat grounded in the waters of northern of Svalbard any time before late summer risks human lives and could threaten

UPDATE | Because crabs move on Norway’s continental shelf, not in the international waters above it, Oslo may limit who can catch them

Foreground | Norway’s highest court decides whether Oslo can regulate the depths around Svalbard

Analysis | North Korea may seem an unlikely candidate to stake a claim to the Arctic, but the interest of a cash-strapped regime underscores the

Quarterly Report | Since 1920 the Svalbard Treaty has provided the guidelines for the activity in the archipelago. As the Arctic opens up to new

Commentary | The time has come for Svalbard to start realising that its people have a unique set of skills that allow it to thrive

People | Part bureaucrat, part police officer, Oslo’s top official in Svalbard is in charge of maintaining law, order and the Norwegian way in the

Quarterly Report | The Global Seed Vault is designed to withstand all manner of disasters. That will be useful if we cause one that wipes

Quarterly Report | Svalbard

Weekly Cover | Oslo’s decision to keep Svalbard’s coal mines running has more to do with hanging on to territory than digging it up

People | Longyearbyen is smaller than most populated places. But that doesn’t mean its mayor – or its people – don’t have big plans for

Fibre optic cables are delivering some of the world’s fastest internet speeds to residents of Svalbard