Svalbard

Purple Saxifrage

Saxifraga oppositifolia

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

2009-06-27#4762

Larry L. Jackson

Barnacle Geese

Branta leucopsis

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

2009-06-27#4766

Larry L. Jackson

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

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

Larry L. Jackson