Not long before Greenland became a geopolitical talking point, it was a hot topic for avid travelers — particularly, ...

As a rare exception, this off-the-beaten-path destination in Europe allows people to live there without a visa, though there are a few catches.

It isn’t every day someone casually mentions they are heading back to a cabin near the North Pole. Yet, that is exactly what 57-year-old Hilde Fålun Strøm, a citizen scientist based in Longyearbyen, ...

Soar over Longyearbyen, the world's northernmost town, nestled on the island of Spitsbergen in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. This breathtaking drone footage captures the stark beauty of the Arctic ...

Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, is one of the world’s most unusual towns—where science, not tradition, decides where life begins and ends. Longyearbyen bans burials and births due to permafrost and ...

On opposite ends of the Earth, Longyearbyen, Norway, the northernmost city in the world, and Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost, mirror each other in remarkable ways. They both exist at the very ...

In Norway's remote Longyearbyen, a unique law prohibits dying or being born due to permafrost preserving ancient viruses. Scientists discovered this when bodies from the 1918 Spanish flu still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Longyearbyen, Norway, is the northernmost town in the world.ginger_polina_bublik/Shutterstock ...

From the driest deserts to remote settlements on volcanic islands, human communities can be found anywhere on Earth. One such community is Longyearbyen, where 2,400 residents live in the northernmost ...

The world's northernmost town is Longyearbyen in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. The town is 800 miles from the North Pole and one of the most remote human settlements on Earth. Longyearbyen ...