Svalbard
Committee approves to become party to Spitsbergen Agreement
The Turkish parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has accepted the law proposal regarding Türkiye's accession to the Spitsbergen Agreement, which will enable Turkish citizens to acquire property, residence and fishing rights in the Svalbard (Spitsbergen) archipelago and territorial waters.
The proposal will be discussed in the parliament's general assembly in the coming days.
Türkiye to become a party to Svalbard Treaty
Türkiye has decided to be included in the Svalbard Treaty, which will enable Turkish citizens to acquire property, residence and fishing rights in the Svalbard (Spitsbergen) archipelago and territorial waters.
The bill, which was signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, regarding the treaty has been forwarded to the parliament speaker's office.
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Arctic police make sure far north doesn’t go too Wild West
With its ghost towns and armed men taking on a vast wilderness, one could almost mistake the Svalbard archipelago for the Wild West.
But a tiny Arctic police force on these islands halfway between Norway and the North Pole keeps outlaws - and polar bear botherers - at bay.
The Arctic’s tricky quest for sustainable tourism
Home to polar bears, the midnight sun and the northern lights, a Norwegian archipelago perched high in the Arctic is trying to find a way to profit from its pristine wilderness without ruining it.
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Rare hunting scene raises questions over polar bear diet
A polar bear chases a reindeer into the water, drags it ashore and devours it, in a striking scene caught on film for the first time.
With sea ice melting, the king of the Arctic may be changing its diet.
WWF: Population of White Bears Sharply Decreases
To date, the population of white bears is between 22 and 31 thousand, with 60% of them on Canadian territory.
The World Wildlife Fund warns that if global warming continues to spread at such a rate, the polar bears will drop by 30% over the next 35 years.
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Polar Bear Shot Dead in 'Self-defence' after Wounding Cruise Ship Worker
A POLAR BEAR was shot dead after attacking a German cruise ship worker on Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, authorities have confirmed.
The unnamed man in his 40s suffered head injuries shortly after landing on Spitsbergen island.
He was accompanying a tourist expedition from the MS Bremen of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises yesterday.
See where seeds are kept in case of a global disaster (vid)
What would humanity do for food in case of a global disaster, such as climate change or nuclear war?
Magical views from top of the world for solar eclipse
All eyes will be on the skies March 20 for a total solar eclipse expected to offer spectacular views, if only in the far northern Svalbard archipelago and Faroe Islands.
A partial eclipse of varying degrees should also be visible, weather permitting, across most of Europe, northern Africa, central Asia and the Middle East.
Bulgarian Crops to Be Preserved in Norway's Noah's Ark
In October, Bulgaria will send the first samples of seed germ plasm of typical Bulgarian crop varieties to the Global Seed Vault in Norway, also known as the Noah's Ark.
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure seedbank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 1,300 kilometres from the North Pole.