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Arctic Svalbard -- Land of the Ice Bears

Approximately 690 miles from the North Pole lies the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. A cold desolate land home to polar bears, walruses, Arctic foxes, reindeer, whales and other creatures of the high Arctic. Svalbard is an archipelago that lies between 74’ and 81’ north latitude with a land mass of 63,000 sq km. of which 60% is covered by glaciers. Svalbard is part of Norway.
Svalbard was discovered in 1596 and was a large whaling destination throughout the 1600 and 1700s. From 1800 till 1900 the only population was scientific exploration stations. The first settlement was established in 1906 by an American named John Longyear as a coal mining settlement. Today the economy is driven by mining, tourism and scientific activities. Our visit to the Svalbard archipelago was aboard the National Geographic Explorer a top rated ice class expedition ship.


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Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 12
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 12		 Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 2
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 2		 Walrus, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 3
Walrus, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 3		 Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 1
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 1
Walrus, Moffen Island Svalbard 2
Walrus, Moffen Island Svalbard 2		 Walrus, Moffen Island Svalbard 4
Walrus, Moffen Island Svalbard 4		 Reindeer Flats, Svalbard Norway 2
Reindeer Flats, Svalbard Norway 2		 Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 2
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 2
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 5
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 5		 Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 10
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 10		 Liefdefjorden Monacobreen Glacier, Svalbard Norway 1
Liefdefjorden Monacobreen Glacier, Svalbard Norway 1		 Iceberg, Svalbard Norway 1
Iceberg, Svalbard Norway 1
Black Legged Kittiwake, Svalbard Norway 2
Black Legged Kittiwake, Svalbard Norway 2		 Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 8
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 8		 Reindeer Flats, Svalbard Norway 1
Reindeer Flats, Svalbard Norway 1		 Walrus, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 4
Walrus, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 4
Hornsund, Svalbard 1
Hornsund, Svalbard 1		 Arctic Tern, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 1
Arctic Tern, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 1		 Arctic Tern, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 2
Arctic Tern, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 2		 Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 11
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 11
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 9
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 9		 Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 3
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 3		 Black Legged Kittiwake, Svalbard Norway 1
Black Legged Kittiwake, Svalbard Norway 1		 Walrus, Moffen Island Svalbard 3
Walrus, Moffen Island Svalbard 3
Diskobutka, Svalbard Norway
Diskobutka, Svalbard Norway		 Ice, Svalbard Norway 1
Ice, Svalbard Norway 1		 Longyearbyen, Svalbard Norway 1
Longyearbyen, Svalbard Norway 1		 Longyearbyen, Svalbard Norway 2
Longyearbyen, Svalbard Norway 2
Liefdefjorden, Svalbard Norway 3
Liefdefjorden, Svalbard Norway 3		 Arctic Fox, Diskobutka Svalbard
Arctic Fox, Diskobutka Svalbard		 Walrus, Moffen Island Svalbard 1
Walrus, Moffen Island Svalbard 1		 Walrus, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 1
Walrus, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 1
Walrus, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 2
Walrus, Prins Karls Forland Island Svalbard 2		 Humpback Whales, Svalbard Norway
Humpback Whales, Svalbard Norway		 National Geographic Explorer, Reindeer Flats Svalbard
National Geographic Explorer, Reindeer Flats Svalbard		 Hornsund, Svalbard 2
Hornsund, Svalbard 2
Hornsund Trapper Hut 1919, Svalbard
Hornsund Trapper Hut 1919, Svalbard		 Iceberg, Liefdefjorden Svalbard 1
Iceberg, Liefdefjorden Svalbard 1		 Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 6
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 6		 Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 7
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 7
Black Legged Kittiwake, Svalbard Norway 3
Black Legged Kittiwake, Svalbard Norway 3		 Iceberg, Svalbard Norway 2
Iceberg, Svalbard Norway 2		 Hornsund, Svalbard 3
Hornsund, Svalbard 3		 Moffen Island, Svalbard Norway 1
Moffen Island, Svalbard Norway 1
Liefdefjorden, Svalbard Norway 2
Liefdefjorden, Svalbard Norway 2		 Kittiwake Colony in Ravine, Diskobukta Svalbard 2
Kittiwake Colony in Ravine, Diskobukta Svalbard 2		 Kittiwake Colony in Ravine, Diskobukta Svalbard 2
Kittiwake Colony in Ravine, Diskobukta Svalbard 2		 Liefdefjord Monacobreen Glacier, Svalbard 2
Liefdefjord Monacobreen Glacier, Svalbard 2
Ice, Liefdefjord, Svalbard Norway
Ice, Liefdefjord, Svalbard Norway		 National Geographic Explorer in Hornsund, Svalbard
National Geographic Explorer in Hornsund, Svalbard		 Whale Bone, Diskobutka Svalbard
Whale Bone, Diskobutka Svalbard		 Iceberg, Svalbard Norway 3
Iceberg, Svalbard Norway 3
Trapper Hut, Diskobutka Svalbard
Trapper Hut, Diskobutka Svalbard		 Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 13
Polar Bear, Svalbard Norway 13
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