What is the climate in Svalbard?
Meteorology. Average summer temperatures on Svalbard range from 3 to 7 °C (37.4 to 44.6 °F) in July, and winter temperatures from −13 to −20 °C (8.6 to −4.0 °F) in January. The highest temperature ever recorded was 23.0 °C (73.4 °F) in July 2020 and the coldest was −46.3 °C (−51.3 °F) in March 1986.
What is the difference between Svalbard and Spitsbergen?
Outside the world of geopolitics or even polar travel, it’s probably not common knowledge that Svalbard and Spitsbergen are one in the same. Ask a Norwegian (or most nationalities outside the EU) and you’ll learn Svalbard is an archipelago, while Spitsbergen is the largest island within it.
How is climate change affecting Svalbard?
Exposure and Vulnerability. The species of Svalbard are exposed and vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Many species including the polar bear and the ringed seal depend on sea ice for their hunting and travel, and even those species that do not live on the ice live very close to the ocean.
How would you describe Svalbard?
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Located on top of the world, it contains endless areas of unspoilt, raw Arctic wilderness. Svalbard consists of all the islands, islets and skerries between 74° and 81° north latitude and 10° and 35° east longitude.
What is the weather in Svalbard in June?
Daily high temperatures increase by 9°F, from 35°F to 44°F, rarely falling below 30°F or exceeding 49°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 8°F, from 30°F to 38°F, rarely falling below 25°F or exceeding 42°F.
What is the weather like in Svalbard in September?
Daily high temperatures decrease by 8°F, from 41°F to 33°F, rarely falling below 24°F or exceeding 47°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 9°F, from 35°F to 26°F, rarely falling below 17°F or exceeding 41°F.
Where is Spitsbergen?
Norway
Spitsbergen, formerly West Spitsbergen (Vestspitsbergen), largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, part of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean.
What latitude is Spitsbergen?
77.8750° N, 20.9752° E
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How cold does Svalbard get in winter?
During the winter temperatures can drop to between -20 and -30 °C (−4.0 °F) for sustained periods.
What is the weather Antarctica?
Antarctica’s average annual temperature ranges from about −10 °C on the coast to −60 °C at the highest parts of the interior. Near the coast, the temperature can exceed +10 °C in summer and fall to below −40 °C in winter. Over the elevated inland, it can rise to about −30 °C in summer but fall below −80 °C in winter.
Can I live in Svalbard?
Everybody may live and work in Svalbard indefinitely regardless of country of citizenship. The Svalbard Treaty grants treaty nationals equal right of abode as Norwegian nationals. Non-treaty nationals may live and work indefinitely visa-free as well.
Is Svalbard sunny?
Previously, the temperature had hit 21.3 °C (70.3 °F) in July 1979, but otherwise, in most years it had not gone above 18 °C (64.5 °F). The amount of sunshine in Svalbard is not good, however, it is decent in April and May, and then it gradually decreases, though it remains altogether acceptable from June to August.
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