Svalbard

Airplane Photo

Oslo to Tramso, Norway, June 26, 2009

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Airplane Photo

Tramso to Longyearbyen, Norway, June 26, 2009

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Sea Ice

Airplane Photo, Tramso to Longyearbyen, Norway, June 26, 2009

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Airplane Photo

Snow covered archipelago.

Svalbard, Norway, June 26, 2009

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SAS 737-800

Our arrival.

Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 26, 2009

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Houses

Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 26, 2009

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Houses

Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 26, 2009

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Leaving Longyearbyen

MV Antarctic Dream, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 26, 2009

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Camp Mansfield

Site of an old marble mine.

Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Camp Mansfield

Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Camp Mansfield

Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Wheelbarrow

Camp Mansfield, Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Boilers

Steam machinery from the old marble mine.

Camp Mansfield, Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Long-tailed Skua

Stercorarius longicaudus

Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Mountain Avens

Dryas octopetala - late June, early July had the tundra blooming heavily.

Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Lichen

Xanthoria elegans

Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Svalbard Reindeer & Barnacle Geese

Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Purple Saxifrage

Saxifraga oppositifolia - one of the most common tundra plants.

Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Purple Saxifrage

Saxifraga oppositifolia

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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1917 Coal Locomotive

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Ny Alesund

Now an international research village. There is a memorial to Amundsen here as well.

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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1919 Nordpol Hotel

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Ny Alesund

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea - fish offering to a mate.

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Arctic Foxes

Alopex lagopus - female with kits.

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Arctic Foxes

Alopex lagopus - living under one of the houses.

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax navalis

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Svalbard Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Tufted Saxifrage

Saxifraga cespitosa

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Purple Saxifrage

Saxifraga oppositifolia

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Barnacle Geese

Branta leucopsis

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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MV Antarctic Dream

Our ship for this first trip to Svalbard.

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Kongsvegen

A long glacier front.

Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Black-legged Kittiwake & Brunnich's Guillemot

Very popular nesting site.

Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Iceberg

The water is colored from eroded sandstone from a layer called 'Old Red'.

Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Kronebreen

Another of the four glaciers in this bay.

Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 27, 2009

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Hovercraft

Research vessel parked on an ice floe.

Woodfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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Woodfjord

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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Woodfjord

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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Bearded Seal

Erignathus barbatus

Woodfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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Bearded Seal

Erignathus barbatus

Woodfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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Liefdefjord

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus - a very distant sighting of a polar bear with a seal kill.

Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus

Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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Grey Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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Grey Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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MV Antarctic Dream

Seen as we cruised in zodiacs near the ice edge.

Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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80 Degrees N

The ice edge kept us from continuing north around Spitsbergen.

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

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Black Guillemots

Cepphus grylle

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Common Eider

Somateria mollissima - female & male.

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Hamiltonbreen

Glacier

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Hamiltonbreen

Another face of the glacier.

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Hamiltonbreen

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Alexi & Ice

The zodiac driver collected this piece of floating ice for drinks on the ship.

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Black Guillemots

Cepphus grylle

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Bearded Seal

Erignathus barbatus

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Hamiltonbreen

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Svalbard Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus - well adapted to rest on the snow.

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Shore Excursion

Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Smeerenburgbreen

Glacier

Smeerenburgfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Smeerenburgbreen

Smeerenburgfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 29, 2009

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Atlantic Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Atlantic Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Atlantic Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Atlantic Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Atlantic Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Atlantic Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Atlantic Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Atlantic Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

Poolepynten, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Rusty's Handiwork

Created by our room steward.

MV Antarctic Dream #426, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arctica

Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Alpine Bittercress

Cardamine bellidifolia

Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis

Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Svalbard Reindeer Antlers & Skull

Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Maybe Lichen

Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Svalbard Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus

Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Steinpyntvika

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Tundra

Steinpyntvika, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 30, 2009

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Rolling Iceberg

Seeing an iceberg roll is very impressive.

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornbreen

A large glacier face with character.

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornbreen

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Ivory Gull

Pagophila eburnea - the only photo I got of this bird.

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornbreen

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornbreen

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornbreen

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornbreen

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornbreen

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornbreen

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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MV Antarctic Dream

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornbreen

Brepollen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornsundtind

Hornsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Hornsundtind

Hornsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Bowhead Whale Bones

Gashamna, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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Tufted Saxifrage

Saxifraga cespitosa

Gashamna, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 1, 2009

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