The property is situated in the northernmost part of Norway, far north of the Arctic Circle at the head of the Alta Fjord. It contains thousands of rock carvings and paintings located at 45 sites in ...

October and November can be cloudy in the Arctic regions (and thus not ... Known as the "City of Northern Lights," Alta sits at the top of Norway and is one of the northernmost cities in the ...

"Svalbard is part of Norway and part of NATO. Norwegian authorities obviously act in accordance with the Svalbard Treaty," ...

Iceland is too cloudy. Aurora seekers can’t lose in Alta, in Norway’s arctic region, where sightings are basically guaranteed (peak season runs from September to April). Stay at the 24-room ...

US Marines brave Arctic temperatures ahead of Joint Viking, the largest military exercise in Norway. About 10,000 troops from the US and NATO nations took part in the biennial cold weather training.

Twenty-three top-trained teams will race out of Alta Friday for Europe’s longest dog-sled trail, 1100 km across the Finnmark plateau. The Finnmarksløpet (Finnmark race) has in recent years been ...

Known as the "City of Northern Lights," Alta sits at the top ... charming fjord villages from Norway's southern coast to the town considered the gateway to the Arctic: Tromsø.