Mon
15 Aug
2022
Orvin Land … ever heard of that? The end of the world, the eastern part of Nordaustland (North East Land). Where the land disappears under the ice.
The Swedish Ymer-Expedition built a hut on Glenhalvøya in 1980, so scientists could spend some time there. In 2001, Heinrich Eggenfellner, owner and skipper of our ship Arctica II, was there with Stefano Poli, founder of the North Pole Expedition Museum in Longyearbyen. They went there by Zodiac, amazingly. In 2015, the Sysselmannen was there for an inspection. And now we were there. A lonesome place.
You may have heard of Alpiniøya. Sjef van Dongen and Gennaro Sora left a depot with some equipment there during their search for Nobile in 1928. We didn’t find any of it. Nevertheless, a stunning place.
As if this hadn’t been enough, we spent the evening at the huge glacier Schweigaardbreen in Albertinibukta. A breathtaking place!
Gallery – Orvin Land: Glenhalvøya. Alpiniøya, Albertinibukta – 15th August 2022
Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of the specific photo.