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On these pages, you will find a blog with news and stories that are usually updated at least once per month, focussing on general news of interest, the environment, science and tourism, new legislation and more. Please click the month that you wish to read in the navigation bar on the left side.
2012
February
- Weather capers in Spitsbergen
January
- Deadly polar bear attack in Tempelfjorden
- East Svalbard management plan: open letter from Thor Larsen
- Diesel leakage at Kapp LInné
- Management plan for East Svalbard: letter to the editor of Svalbardposten
- Exploration drilling in the Barents Sea
- AECO: site-specific guidelines
- Spitsbergen on the UNESCO world heritage list?
2011
December
- Polar bears
- Libya and the north pole
- Spitsbergen: UNESCO world heritage site?
- Ny Ålesund: new geodetic station
- New coal mine at Lunckefjellet
- East Svalbard
November
- Polar bear research: field season 2010
- High levels of environmental toxins in Glaucous gulls
- Goldrush in St. Jonsfjord
- MS Nordstjernen: final season in 2012
- Military use of SvalSat?
October
- Narcotica abuse in Longyearbyen
- Temperate water in Spitsbergen’s fjords
- Compulsory pilotage?
- Longyearbyen Lokalstyre elected
- Eastern Svalbard
- Visa and passport requirements
- Polar bear alarm fence
September
- Tourism control during 2011 season
- Rabies
August
- Polar bear attack in Tempelfjord III
- Deadly Polar bear attack II
- Deadly polar bear attack in Tempelfjord
May
- Problems with online booking system
- Huge demand for Longyearbyen-coal
- Polar bear denning sites on Kong Karls Land
April
- Sysselmannen recommends new coal mine
March
- Costs for search and rescue
- Record depletion of arctic ozone
- Father puts himself and his two sons at risk
February
- Positive netto balance in 2009
- Environmental impact of expedition cruising in Svalbard
- Jason Roberts "expelled"
- Polar bear to Japan?
- Dog killed by polar bear
- Spitsbergen: a tax oasis?
- Climate change in and around Spitsbergen
January
- No permanent research station in Billefjorden
- Rabies
- Wreck of Petrozavodsk to be removed
2010
December
- PCB-project completed
- Pass control in Longyearbyen
- Northern light activity maximum in 2013/14
- Jan Mayen Nature Reserve
November
- Brunich’s guillemot on the Norwegian Red List
September
- Sedov zu Besuch in Spitzbergen
August
- Historical hut burnt in Brucebyen
- Reindeer hunt
- Natural emergency harbours in Spitsbergen
- Sea ice, plancton and related issues...
- New dinosaur fossils
July
- Two paddlers and an bear
- New geodetic station planned in Ny Ålesund
- Underground CO2 storage in Adventdalen
- Will Bear Island get its own cenotaph?
- Third EISCAT-antenna
- Polar Star aground
June
- Field police operative
- Passport Control
- Orcanic waste mills
- Polar bears in Longyearbyen ...
May
- Polar bears feed on goose colonies
- Large cruise ships in Spitsbergen: soon history?
- Zinc mine in North Greenland
- Fewer dangerous confrontations with polar bears
April
- Gold rush
- Single-handed flight across the North Pole
- Volcanic ash cloud from Iceland also in Spitsbergen
March
- Seed vault is growing
- Information about the ecosystem Barents Sea: BarentsPortal
- Fewer ships during summer season 2010
- Sunfest in Longyearbyen
- Tourists melt Spitsbergen...
- Evolution of Polar bears
February
- Environmental situation in the Barents Sea
- Eastern Svalbard Nature Reserves: potential closure of largest parts still on the agenda
- Coal mining economy
- Snow mobiles and alcohol
- High pesticide levels in Spitsbergen
- Gold rush in St. Jonsfjord
2009
November
- Tough times in Barentsburg
- Wintering areas of ptarmigans
- Danger of alien plant species
- CO2-storage in Adventdalen
October
- Beginning of the polar night
- New regulations: Historical sites declared off limits, ban on heavy oil in National Parks
September
August
- CO2-storage underground in Adventdalen
- Arctic Ocean possibly seasonally ice-free as early as 2030
- Ban on entering carst cave
- Grounding of Russian ship at Bjørnøya IV
July
- Russian ship Petrozavodsk grounded at Bjørnøya
- Change of marine ecosystem poses potential threat on Little auks
June
- Large nature reserves in Eastern Svalbard: "no entry"
- Search-and-rescue (SAR) operations can be expensive
- Grounded ship at Bjørnøya: Captain and officer sentenced
May
- Russian ship wrecked at Bjørnøya
- First oil field in the Barents sea opens in 2013
- New Spitsbergen-newspaper
- Coal mining in the Arctic on the way towards future
- Russians lost court case concerning helicopter flights
April
- Political visits to Ny Ålesund
- New Svalbard Whitepaper published
- Svalbardmuseum: new exhibition
- Increased avalanche risk
March
- Sun festival in Longyearbyen
February
- Commercial renting of firearms
- Eastern Svalbard
January
- Good news abour environmental toxins
- SvalSat-satellite station near Longyearbyen
- Polar bears like reindeer
- Cold and calm New Year's eve in Spitsbergen
2008
December
- Motorised traffic banned from Bolterdalen
- EU funding research in Spitsbergen
- Closing eastern Svalbard for organized tourism - an ongoing discussion
- Natural fluctuations of reindeer: 2008 not a good year in Spitsbergen
November
- Coal mining remains vital for Longyearbyen's economy
- New museum in Longyearbyen: Svalbard Airship Museum will open on 15 November
- PCBs in Russian settlements
- Police report against Norwegian Polar Institute
October
- New American report about climate change in the Arctic
- Passport control in Longyearbyen
- New regulations for ship-based organized tourism in Eastern Svalbard
August
- Spitsbergen's glaciers on the run
- Gold in Spitsbergen
- CO2-storage in Adventdalen
- Arctic sea ice
- Barentsburg: Russian helicopter flights
July
- Coal production in Sveagruva profitable
- New station in Ny Ålesund
- Prominent visitors to the ice
June
- Start of summer season 2008
- The PCB-project is making progress
May
- Permafrost on Mars
- Van Mijenfjord/Sveagruva/Lunckefjellet
April
- Environment: New pollutants / Rising values of atmospheric CO2
- Accidents in Barentsburg
- New laws for tourism in protected areas
March
- Development of tourism in Spitsbergen
- Plans about new coal mine
February
- Seed vault officially opened
- Spectacular finds of dinosaur skeleton remains in the Isfjord area
- Earthquake in Storfjord
last modification: 2011-11-02
copyright: Rolf Stange
copyright: Rolf Stange