Svalbard

  • Airplane Photo
    Airplane Photo
    Oslo to Tramso, Norway, June 26, 2009
    2009-06-26#0362
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Airplane Photo
    Airplane Photo
    Tramso to Longyearbyen, Norway, June 26, 2009
    2009-06-26#0370
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sea Ice
    Sea Ice
    Airplane Photo, Tramso to Longyearbyen, Norway, June 26, 2009
    2009-06-26#0374
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Airplane Photo
    Airplane Photo
    Snow covered archipelago.
    Svalbard, Norway, June 26, 2009
    2009-06-26#0380
    Larry L. Jackson
  • SAS 737-800
    SAS 737-800
    Our arrival.
    Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 26, 2009
    2009-06-26#0389
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Houses
    Houses
    Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 26, 2009
    2009-06-26#0391
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Houses
    Houses
    Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 26, 2009
    2009-06-26#0397
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leaving Longyearbyen
    Leaving Longyearbyen
    MV Antarctic Dream, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 26, 2009
    2009-06-26#0404
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Camp Mansfield
    Camp Mansfield
    Site of an old marble mine.
    Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#0405
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Camp Mansfield
    Camp Mansfield
    Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#0409
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Camp Mansfield
    Camp Mansfield
    Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#0411
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wheelbarrow
    Wheelbarrow
    Camp Mansfield, Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#0412
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Boilers
    Boilers
    Steam machinery from the old marble mine.
    Camp Mansfield, Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#0413
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-tailed Skua
    Long-tailed Skua
    Stercorarius longicaudus
    Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4646
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mountain Avens
    Mountain Avens
    Dryas octopetala - late June, early July had the tundra blooming heavily.
    Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4651
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lichen
    Lichen
    Xanthoria elegans
    Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4654
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Svalbard Reindeer & Barnacle Geese
    Svalbard Reindeer & Barnacle Geese
    Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4655
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Saxifrage
    Purple Saxifrage
    Saxifraga oppositifolia - one of the most common tundra plants.
    Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4657
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Saxifrage
    Purple Saxifrage
    Saxifraga oppositifolia
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4659
    Larry L. Jackson
  • 1917 Coal Locomotive
    1917 Coal Locomotive
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4658
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ny Alesund
    Ny Alesund
    Now an international research village. There is a memorial to Amundsen here as well.
    Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#2209
    Larry L. Jackson
  • 1919 Nordpol Hotel
    1919 Nordpol Hotel
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#2210
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ny Alesund
    Ny Alesund
    Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#2215
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Tern
    Arctic Tern
    Sterna paradisaea
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4664
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Tern
    Arctic Tern
    Sterna paradisaea - fish offering to a mate.
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4684
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Foxes
    Arctic Foxes
    Alopex lagopus - female with kits.
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4708
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Foxes
    Arctic Foxes
    Alopex lagopus - living under one of the houses.
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4734
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snow Bunting
    Snow Bunting
    Plectrophenax navalis
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4740
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Svalbard Reindeer
    Svalbard Reindeer
    Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4752
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tufted Saxifrage
    Tufted Saxifrage
    Saxifraga cespitosa
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4759
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Saxifrage
    Purple Saxifrage
    Saxifraga oppositifolia
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4762
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Barnacle Geese
    Barnacle Geese
    Branta leucopsis
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4766
    Larry L. Jackson
  • MV Antarctic Dream
    MV Antarctic Dream
    Our ship for this first trip to Svalbard.
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4780
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Tern
    Arctic Tern
    Sterna paradisaea
    Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4790
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kongsvegen
    Kongsvegen
    A long glacier front.
    Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#2219
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-legged Kittiwake & Brunnich's Guillemot
    Black-legged Kittiwake & Brunnich's Guillemot
    Very popular nesting site.
    Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#4818
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Iceberg
    Iceberg
    The water is colored from eroded sandstone from a layer called 'Old Red'.
    Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#2227
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kronebreen
    Kronebreen
    Another of the four glaciers in this bay.
    Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009
    2009-06-27#2228
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hovercraft
    Hovercraft
    Research vessel parked on an ice floe.
    Woodfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#4844
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Woodfjord
    Woodfjord
    Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#4847
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Woodfjord
    Woodfjord
    Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#2232
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bearded Seal
    Bearded Seal
    Erignathus barbatus
    Woodfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#4874
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bearded Seal
    Bearded Seal
    Erignathus barbatus
    Woodfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#4914
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Liefdefjord
    Liefdefjord
    Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#2235
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - a very distant sighting of a polar bear with a seal kill.
    Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#4950
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#4962
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grey Phalarope
    Grey Phalarope
    Phalaropus fulicarius
    Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#4989
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grey Phalarope
    Grey Phalarope
    Phalaropus fulicarius
    Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#4996
    Larry L. Jackson
  • MV Antarctic Dream
    MV Antarctic Dream
    Seen as we cruised in zodiacs near the ice edge.
    Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#5000
    Larry L. Jackson
  • 80 Degrees N
    80 Degrees N
    The ice edge kept us from continuing north around Spitsbergen.
    Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009
    2009-06-28#2238
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Guillemots
    Black Guillemots
    Cepphus grylle
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#5014
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glaucous Gull
    Glaucous Gull
    Larus hyperboreus
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#5022
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glaucous Gull
    Glaucous Gull
    Larus hyperboreus
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#5027
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Eider
    Common Eider
    Somateria mollissima - female & male.
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#5052
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hamiltonbreen
    Hamiltonbreen
    Glacier
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#2249
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hamiltonbreen
    Hamiltonbreen
    Another face of the glacier.
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#2252
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hamiltonbreen
    Hamiltonbreen
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#2265
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Alexi & Ice
    Alexi & Ice
    The zodiac driver collected this piece of floating ice for drinks on the ship.
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#2269
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Guillemots
    Black Guillemots
    Cepphus grylle
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#5063
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bearded Seal
    Bearded Seal
    Erignathus barbatus
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#5073
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hamiltonbreen
    Hamiltonbreen
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#2279
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Svalbard Reindeer
    Svalbard Reindeer
    Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus - well adapted to rest on the snow.
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#5085
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
    Black-legged Kittiwake
    Rissa tridactyla
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#5098
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shore Excursion
    Shore Excursion
    Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#2293
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Smeerenburgbreen
    Smeerenburgbreen
    Glacier
    Smeerenburgfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#2303
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Smeerenburgbreen
    Smeerenburgbreen
    Smeerenburgfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009
    2009-06-29#2304
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Walrus
    Atlantic Walrus
    Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus
    Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5117
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Walrus
    Atlantic Walrus
    Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus
    Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5121
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Walrus
    Atlantic Walrus
    Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus
    Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5155
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Walrus
    Atlantic Walrus
    Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus
    Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5187
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Walrus
    Atlantic Walrus
    Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus
    Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5199
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Walrus
    Atlantic Walrus
    Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus
    Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5209
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Walrus
    Atlantic Walrus
    Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus
    Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5215
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Walrus
    Atlantic Walrus
    Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus
    Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5224
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rusty's Handiwork
    Rusty's Handiwork
    Created by our room steward.
    MV Antarctic Dream #426, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#2306
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Puffin
    Atlantic Puffin
    Fratercula arctica
    Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5230
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Alpine Bittercress
    Alpine Bittercress
    Cardamine bellidifolia
    Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5241
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glaucous Gull
    Glaucous Gull
    Larus hyperboreus
    Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5246
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Barnacle Goose
    Barnacle Goose
    Branta leucopsis
    Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5256
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Svalbard Reindeer Antlers & Skull
    Svalbard Reindeer Antlers & Skull
    Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#2308
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Maybe Lichen
    Maybe Lichen
    Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5257
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Svalbard Reindeer
    Svalbard Reindeer
    Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus
    Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#5274
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Steinpyntvika
    Steinpyntvika
    Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#2310
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tundra
    Tundra
    Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009
    2009-06-30#2314
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rolling Iceberg
    Rolling Iceberg
    Seeing an iceberg roll is very impressive.
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2319
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornbreen
    Hornbreen
    A large glacier face with character.
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2333
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornbreen
    Hornbreen
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2340
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ivory Gull
    Ivory Gull
    Pagophila eburnea - the only photo I got of this bird.
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#5282
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornbreen
    Hornbreen
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2344
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornbreen
    Hornbreen
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2350
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornbreen
    Hornbreen
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2352
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornbreen
    Hornbreen
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2354
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornbreen
    Hornbreen
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2361
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornbreen
    Hornbreen
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2364
    Larry L. Jackson
  • MV Antarctic Dream
    MV Antarctic Dream
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2375
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornbreen
    Hornbreen
    Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2384
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornsundtind
    Hornsundtind
    Hornsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2387
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hornsundtind
    Hornsundtind
    Hornsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2388
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bowhead Whale Bones
    Bowhead Whale Bones
    Gashamna, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#2391
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tufted Saxifrage
    Tufted Saxifrage
    Saxifraga cespitosa
    Gashamna, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009
    2009-07-01#5292
    Larry L. Jackson