Goals of the alt-white: Officials urge funding avalanche safeguards, defining Store Norske’s future in revised ‘white paper’
Build a wall – or at least a few barriers – to prevent unwanted intrusions. Give the coal mining industry a new life. Embrace the...
Power hungry: 20 witnesses detail Svalbard’s future needs during Parliament hearing on revised ‘white paper’
It's a long wish list and not exactly new, but now it's officially on the agenda of the deciders. An underwater power cable from the...
Power plugged: Proposals from solar panels to extension cable to the mainland debated as alternatives to coal
Reality check: Longyearbyen isn't going to stop burning coal for power during the next year. Or ten. Or maybe even the 25 that represents the...
‘White’ out: Government’s new blueprint for Svalbard does little to alter natural transition into post-mining society
There's no magical "big" solution, no major new goals not already stated and – aside from 10 million kroner for infrastructure related to the Dec....
Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of April 12, 2016
Unauthorized dogs face euthanization upon arrival People arriving in Svalbard with dogs without obtaining the necessary permission and vaccinations risk having the animal euthanized, according...
Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of July 21, 2015
Russia's inaction nixes joint polar bear census w/ Norway A joint Norwegian-Russian census of polar bears in the Barents Sea area, the first such count...
