Notes from an author: DBC Pierre on drama, exploration and freedom in Norway’s High Arctic
The Svalbard archipelago, staging point for many expeditions to the North Pole, is a place of extremes. But there’s something going on here that isn’t in the literature: an elusive freedom that empowers, and a love of community that inspires.
Singing for ghosts in Svalbard
Pyramiden is an unlikely tourist destination — an abandoned Soviet mining town in a remote corner of the Svalbard archipelago. But visitors are being drawn here in increasing numbers by the eerie desolation and stunning glacial landscapes.
The ultimate Arctic adventure
Discover polar bears, walruses and a true sense of the wild in Svalbard, courtesy of Twin Tracks Expeditions
Kingdom of the ice bear
Head north aboard an ice-breaking ship to Norway's Svalbard where blue whales bob among icebergs and polar bears swim serenely along its coastline
