Polar Bear seen from inside Origo |
Myself and my travel companion Henrik Karlsson (Photo: Anders Bauer) |
Limo and snow-mobile - everything you need at Svalbard !!! |
Autum colours in Adventdalen |
The water reservoir near Longyearbyen |
Icebreaker Oden at Adventfjorden |
The fantastic view over Adventdalen at dusk |
Evening light at Longyearbyen |
Ptarmigans drying at the balcony |
The old churchyard in Longyearbyen |
The old transportation of coal from the mine out to shipping harbour (not in use ) |
The church in Longyearbyen |
With 300 m of permafrost below surface you need to have all the pipes above earth |
Permafrost constructed house |
Permafrost constructed house |
Old coalmine near Longyearbyen |
A foggy afternoon near Longyearbyen |
Drying seals (out of reach from polarbears) |
The remains of an arctic fox |
Allways bears around the corner?? |
No weapons allowed in the bank !! |
Sledgedog traing at Svalbard |
Training the dogs in the evening |
Husky dog house |
The remains of a mine in Björndalen |
Mountain stream at Björndalen - Svalbard |
High altitude vegetation near Advetfjorden - Svalbard |
Polarull (Eriophorum scheuchzeri) in Adventdalen |
Skua in Adventdalen |
A pair of Arctic Skuas |
Arctic Skua greetings.... |
Evening tour in Adventfjorden |
Kittywakes resting near the airport |
Evening light in Adventdalen |
Arctic Fox resting near Sysslemans Office.... |
Prepared for winter - a beautiful Arctic Fox |
Arctic Fox with winterfur in autum colors |
An Arctic Fox looking for food in Longyearbyen |
Two Arctic Foxes in Longyearbyen |
Heiko, Merel and Robert loading Origo with food |
Nordsyssel and Oden near Longyearbyen harbour |
Swedish icebreaker Oden at Longyearbyen (just been on a mission at NE Greeland) |
Merel & Eva |
Henrik in Rogers Zodiac |
Heiko, Sven, Eva and Hilde |
Kai in Rogers Zodiac |
Our captain Ingemar |
Floating ice near Smeerenburgbreen - Svalbard |
Floating ice near Smeerenburg glacier |
Glacier ice falling in to the ocean creating big waves |
Kittywakes close to Smeerenburg glacier |
Vittrutar / Glaucous Gulls (Larus hyperboreus) |
Vittrut / Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
Vittrut / Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
" Kissing ice formation" in Björnfjorden |
Kittywakes near a glacier |
Antigua west Spitsbergen |
On the westcoast of Spitsbergen |
Evening light at Spitsbergen west coast |
Kittywakes at the edge of a glacier |
Cruising in the cave near Blomstrandhamna |
A juvenile Kittywake at Ny-Ålesund |
The old train at Ny-Ålesund harbour |
Tuvbräcka (Saxifraga cespitosa) - Ny-Ålesund |
Fulmar |
A polar bear trying to get some sleep.... Svalbard |
Polar Bear jumping |
Hmmmm.... do I know this vessel??? |
Polar bear tryig to look inside our boat |
Polar bear looking inside M/S Origo...... |
It takes very long time for that guy to look through the files.... Photo by Heiko Kühr |
Polar Bear at 82 degrees N / 20 degrees E |
Pack ice near 82 degrees north (on top of the world!!!) |
Eva on the watch out |
Sometime you have to make your own nautical chart - heading for 82 degrees north..... |
82 degrees north!! This is pack ice area all year around..... (Photo: Anders Bauer) |
Late afternoon in the pack ice |
Fantastic evening light in the pack ice |
Merel den Daas "in action" |
Kai Jensen - "these Nikon files are really small....." |
Pål Hermansen using his Hasselblad |
The remains of Pål Hermansen after the Polar bear visit..... |
Ivory Gull (ismås) |
Ivory Gull (ismås) |
A flock of Ivory Gulls |
Ivory Gull in evening light |
Juvenile Ivory Gull in sunset light |
Ivory Gull |
Ivory Gull in pack ice formation |
A flock of Ivory Gulls (ismåsar) in the pack ice |
Walrus colony at Phipps Island |
Walrus |
Walruses at Svalbard |
Boxing lessons - first a right and then a left jab..... |
Walruses having a small fight in the water |
Roger on guard (no Polar Bears today) |
The Ice edge at Noraustlandet |
Ice at sea in Hinlopen |
Knölval (Humpback Whale - Megaptera novaeangliae) blowing |
Knölval (Humpback Whale - Megaptera novaeangliae) diving |
Kittywake wing |
A juvenile Glaucous Gull (Vittrut) |
A flock of Fulmars (Stormfåglar) |
Evening light at Hinlopen |
Evening light near Monacobreen |
Evening light at Liefdefjorden |
A small iceberg in Liefdefjorden |
Small iceberg in Liefdefjorden |
Ice in Liefdefjorden |
Ice formation near Monacobreen - Svalbard |
Floating ice formations |
Floating ice near Monacobreen |
Monacobreen |
Monacobreen |
Monacobreen |
Kai Jensen and Monacobreen |
Monacobreen at dusk |
Dusk in Liefdefjorden |
Harbour Seal at Prins Karls Forland |
Harbour seal - Prins Karls Forland |
Origo at dusk - Pris Karls Forland |
Two bulls of the Spitsbergen Reideer race at Alkhornet |
Eye to eye - Reindeer bulls at Alkhornet Svalbard |
Pink-footed geese (Spetbergsgäss - Anser brachyrhynchus) Isfjorden |
Storsäl (Bearded Seal - Erignathus barbatus) |
Our expedition vessel - M/S Origo (from Gothenburg) west Spitsbergen |
An old boat in Skansebukta |
Old boat in Skansebukta |
The old mine in Skansebukta |
Isfjorden |