Svalbard

American  

[svahl-bahr] / ˈsvɑl bɑr /

noun

1. Norwegian name of Spitsbergen.

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Svalbard British  

/ ˈsvaːlbar /

noun

1. Also called: Spitsbergen. a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, about 650 km (400 miles) north of Norway: consists of the main group (Spitsbergen, North East Land, Edge Island, Barents Island, and Prince Charles Foreland) and a number of outlying islands; sovereignty long disputed but granted to Norway in 1920; coal mining. Administrative centre: Longyearbyen. Pop: 1970 (2013 est). Area: 62 050 sq km (23 958 sq miles)

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Svalbard

Anderson and his colleagues are especially interested in a roughly 100sq. km region near Svalbard, Norway.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Svalbard, a Norwegian Arctic archipelago that is home to polar bears, has reached warming of 1.5C-2C per decade.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Megan Brief, a digital marketing coordinator for Natural Habitat Adventures, an ecotourism company, had just returned from Svalbard, a far-flung Norwegian archipelago teeming with polar bears and walruses.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

A polar bear cub travels the icy Svalbard coast with its mother.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

The interior of Svalbard was mountainous, with jumbled peaks and sharp ridges deeply cut by ravines and steep-sided valleys, and the cold was intense.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman