Students in Svalbard, Norway, are taught how to use a shotgun and ammunition to fend off polar bears at the beginning of every school year. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A vast storage facility with in the Arctic circle is set to open this week, it's aim being to build a collection of seeds and other fruiting bodies of plants from around the world. Partly this is for posterity and partly as a disaster contingency plan.

Update to Xenity7's post. And by update I in no way mean dupe. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

The Red Polar Bear, owned by Kazem Ariaiwand, is providing kebabs on the island of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago 300 miles off the northern tip of Norway. picked by topofall 2 years ago

Life in the northernmost settlement,Norway's Svalbard archipelago, attracts people from all over the world with its open door policy. Just watch out for the polar bears. picked by suebe 2 years ago

The Svalbard International Seed Vault, first annnounced last year, will act like a Noah's Ark for nearly every food crop of every country, to safeguard the agricultural heritage of humankind in the face of increasing global environmental changes. picked by suebe 3 years ago