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 ...

However, polar bears are rarely seen on the island, which is one of the most southern points in Svalbard and is rarely accessible to the white bears via Arctic sea ice. For example, in 2019 ...

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 ...