Svalbard

Purple Saxifrage

Saxifraga oppositifolia

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

2009-06-27#4762

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Barnacle Geese

Branta leucopsis

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

2009-06-27#4766

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MV Antarctic Dream

Our ship for this first trip to Svalbard.

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

2009-06-27#4780

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Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

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

2009-06-27#4790

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Kongsvegen

A long glacier front.

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

2009-06-27#2219

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Black-legged Kittiwake & Brunnich's Guillemot

Very popular nesting site.

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

2009-06-27#4818

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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

2009-06-27#2227

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Kronebreen

Another of the four glaciers in this bay.

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

2009-06-27#2228

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Hovercraft

Research vessel parked on an ice floe.

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

2009-06-28#4844

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Woodfjord

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

2009-06-28#4847

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Woodfjord

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

2009-06-28#2232

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Bearded Seal

Erignathus barbatus

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

2009-06-28#4874

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Bearded Seal

Erignathus barbatus

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

2009-06-28#4914

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Liefdefjord

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

2009-06-28#2235

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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

2009-06-28#4950

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Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus

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

2009-06-28#4962

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Grey Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

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

2009-06-28#4989

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Grey Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

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

2009-06-28#4996

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MV Antarctic Dream

Seen as we cruised in zodiacs near the ice edge.

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

2009-06-28#5000

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80 Degrees N

The ice edge kept us from continuing north around Spitsbergen.

Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 28, 2009

2009-06-28#2238

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Black Guillemots

Cepphus grylle

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

2009-06-29#5014

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Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

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

2009-06-29#5022

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Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

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

2009-06-29#5027

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Common Eider

Somateria mollissima - female & male.

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

2009-06-29#5052

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Hamiltonbreen

Glacier

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

2009-06-29#2249

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Hamiltonbreen

Another face of the glacier.

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

2009-06-29#2252

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Hamiltonbreen

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

2009-06-29#2265

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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

2009-06-29#2269

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Black Guillemots

Cepphus grylle

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

2009-06-29#5063

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Bearded Seal

Erignathus barbatus

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

2009-06-29#5073

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