Svalbard

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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