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Home → Arctic blog: Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen → Barentsøya
Barentsøya
Sun
27 Jul
2014
A dark landscape, and dark weather. It fits nicely together, in a way. A Sunday morning on Barentsøya. We paid a visit to the local gospel choir, which produced an arctic symphony from thousand beaks with a lot of gusto.
There is hardly a more lush tundra than here in the southeast, on Barentsøya and Edgeøya. You could probably keep sheep here. Someone is already doing it. The sheep have got antlers here.
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And if these sheep-reindeer have really got bad luck, then their antlers get entangled in plastic ropes and nets carelessly thrown away from fishing vessels. Such as the 3 or 4 reindeer whose antlers we found as a big knot wound up with green plastic rope. Parts of the skulls were still attached to the antlers. Shame on zivilisation! The idea that most likely a polar bear shortened the suffering from weeks down to days (only … only days! We are talking of really terrible suffering!) does not really make the thought more bearable.
By the way, my new book is in print and it can now be ordered 🙂 it is a photo book with the title “Norwegens arktischer Norden (3): Die Bäreninsel und Jan Mayen”, with German text Click here for further details!
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Norwegens arktischer Norden (1): Spitzbergen
Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German. [shop url="https://shop.spitzbergen.de/en/polar-books/70-norwegens-arktischer-norden-1-aerial-arctic-9783937903262.html"] ← BackOrder now Norwegens arktischer Norden (2): Aerial Arctic
Lofoten, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen from the air - Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German, but there is very little text, so I am sure that you will enjoy it regardless which languages you read (or not).Order now Poster “Svalbardhytter”
The poster "Svalbardhytter" (70 x 100 cm) visualizes the diversity of Spitsbergen's huts in a range of arctic landscapes.Order now Book “Svalbardhytter”
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Comprehensive guidebook about Spitsbergen. Background (wildlife, plants, geology, history etc.), practical information including travelling seasons, how to travel, description of settlements, routes and regions.Order now Rocks and Ice. Landscapes of the North
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