4PLANET PLACE
Svalbard
Svalbard links Arctic land, fjords, sea ice and marine food webs. Energy moves strongly between sea and land through seabirds, marine mammals and other species adapted to polar conditions.
Boundary: This is a Svalbard-scale discovery object. The ATLAS rectangle is navigation geometry, not the statutory boundary of the Svalbard archipelago or any protected area. Population and sea-ice conditions vary through time and by subpopulation/site.
Living systems
- Sea-ice ecosystems
- Fjords and coastal marine systems
- Tundra and terrestrial Arctic systems
- Seabird and marine-mammal food webs
Related species
Sources
- Norwegian Polar Institute — Fauna in Svalbard — Sea–land ecosystem linkage, marine mammals, whales, Polar Bear, ice-fauna and climate-pressure context.
- Norwegian Polar Institute — Polar Bear — Polar Bear distribution, Svalbard/Barents Sea population context, sea-ice dependence and explicit uncertainty.
- Governor of Svalbard — Protected areas in Svalbard — Current 23 Sep 2026 legal protected-area counts and reported land/water coverage.