Spitsbergen during the light winter, as it should be. Snow, ice and cold. The infamous warm air incursions with temperatures above freezing, rain and melting snow had not yet occurred this winter, to the delight of man and beast alike.
Spitsbergen winter: pingos in Adventdalen
Also to our delight, and we made good use of the opportunity, enjoying the beauty of nature and life in general in Longyearbyens’s closer and slightly more distant surroundings, on well known and lesser well known routes.
You always keep learning in the Arctic. I found out that using a snow-covered pile of stones at the foot of a steep slope isn’t a good tool to stop a snow mobile after a rapid downhill descent. Leaving the snow mobile with the (helmet-covered) head first through the wind screen isn’t the world’s best idea either. Not that I couldn’t have thought of that before 😉 it wasn’t on one of the usual routes.
But minor adventures like that just happen when you are out in the arctic wildnerness, and as long as nothing really happens, beyond what can be fixed with a quick and easy repair, all is good. We enjoyed those days. Here some impressions of these tours between Longyearbyen, Nordmannsfonna and Tempelfjord:
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!
This and other publishing products of the Spitsbergen publishing house in the Spitsbergen-Shop.
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"] ← Back
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).
The companion book for the Svalbardhytter poster. The poster visualises the diversity of Spitsbergen‘s huts and their stories in a range of Arctic landscapes. The book tells the stories of the huts in three languages.
Comprehensive guidebook about Spitsbergen. Background (wildlife, plants, geology, history etc.), practical information including travelling seasons, how to travel, description of settlements, routes and regions.
Join an exciting journey with dog, skis and tent through the wintery wastes of East Greenland! We were five guys and a dog when we started in Ittoqqortoormiit, the northernmost one of two settlements on Greenland’s east coast.
12 postcards which come in a beautifully designed tray. Beautiful images from South Georgia across Antarctica from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea and up to Macquarie Island and Campbell Island.