Spits­ber­gen-calen­der 2018: the east coast

In Febru­a­ry, the Spits­ber­gen-calen­dar 2018 takes us to the east coast. In the win­ter sea­son, this is a popu­lar desti­na­ti­on for snow­mo­bi­le day-trips, enab­ling rela­tively many peop­le to see this grand win­ter sce­ne­ry. Storfjor­den is fro­zen to fast ice here in Mohn­buk­ta, and some smal­ler bits and pie­ces of gla­cier ice are stuck in the ice. They bro­ke off last sum­mer from the com­bi­ned gla­cier fronts of Königsbergbreen/Hayesbreen/Heuglinbreen, of which we can see a small part in the back­ground.

It is qui­te com­mon that polar bears are roa­ming through this icy land­s­cape. We will see if we are lucky enough to spot them some­whe­re later …

The sun is just star­ting to rise abo­ve the hori­zon in Spits­ber­gen in mid-Febru­a­ry, and the days are still short. It is still too ear­ly for lon­ger trips. But the light can be breath­ta­kin­gly beau­ti­ful!

Spits­ber­gen-Calen­dar 2018: Febru­a­ry. Ice-land­s­cape on the east coast.

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 (1): Spitz­ber­gen – vom Polar­licht bis zur Mit­ter­nachts­son­ne”, with Ger­man text Click here for fur­ther details!