It is 8:30h in the morning and we have a meeting in the bar. A good start of the day. Our expedition leader Jan Belgers has to bring us less good news though: It is foggy, thus we cannot continue the planned landing at the big bird cliff at Steiningfjellet. […]
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Last weekend, the moon set. It sank behind the horizon in its red glory and will be back in around 1,5 weeks from now. Since the moon is gone, we have been lucky with plenty of auroras. Full days long, auroras were visible. During daytime on Svalbard, auroras are often […]
Low clouds are part of a typical summer day in Ny-Alesund. On the picture you see a view upon the cable car hut (the while building on the left) and Gruvebadet (the building more on the right) under a dramatic sky. This picture was taken looking in south-west direction from […]
Close to Blomstrandbreen on the other side of Kongsfjorden, there are beautiful shapes on the mountains. Shaped by previous glaciers and snow and ice in wintertimes.
Plenty of Kittiwakes can be found at the glacier fronts ending in Kongsfjorden. The fronts of those “tidal glaciers”, thus glaciers ending in the sea, are important feeding spots for sea birds and marine mammals. This area is often ice free due to the currents and is rich in nutrients […]
Last Saturday we visited Ossian Sars. This beautiful site on the other side of the fjord is rich in massive views on mountains and glaciers, a beautiful meltwater lake and green cliffs full of birds. A magical place!