Svalbard glaciers lost their protective buffer in the mid-1980s and have been melting ever since
Svalbard glaciers lost their protective buffer in the mid-1980s and have been melting ever since: Kris Grabiec / shutterstock The archipelago of Svalbard, a land of ice and polar bears, is found midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. Its capital Longyearbyen on the main island of Spitsbergen is the world’s most northerly city, …