Svalbard Islands
Svalbard is located exactly halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. It belongs to the Tromsø district of Norway, and it is comprised of five main islands - Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, Barents øya, Prins Karls Forland, and Edgeøya - and 150 small islands.
Sixty percent of Svalbard is covered in glaciers, and it is a habitat for rare sea birds, reindeer, Arctic foxes, polar bears,