What many people do not know is that they have a cousin that is significantly smaller. The Svalbard Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) lives in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago ...
Researchers say climate change isn’t threatening reindeer on the Norwegian high arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Instead the populations in the region are thriving because of rising temperatures ...
On the open tundra of Svalbard's plateaus and valleys, reindeer forage and arctic fox hunt free from predators. To the human eye, the terrain is stark, austere, unforgiving. More than half the ...