“We then compared the performance of the polar bear hair with that of human hair and two types of specialist human-made ‘ski skins.'” In Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, a cluster of Arctic islands ...

Although there are about 3,000 polar bears in and around Svalbard, it’s possible to go there and never see one. Longyearbyen, which attracts tourists both in summer and during its freezing polar ...

Svalbard, which has over 1,000 permanent residents, is a place with reindeer casually roaming the streets and polar bear warnings — it couldn't be more different from my old home in Oslo ...

Gordon’s team looked on, unable to help (Picture: Jason Roberts) He had been filming in Svalbard following a polar bear family (Picture: BBC) Even more astonishingly, the wildlife photographer ...