Svalbard reindeer Yves RoumazeillesDecember 14, 2013December 11, 2013 Sometimes, it is said that if Santa Claus lives at the North Pole, his reindeers come from Svalbard. And we met some of them, of course. Reindeer Reindeer Reindeer Reindeer Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus, renne or caribou). Svalbard, June 2013.