Gallery 1: Kongsfjord

The first day out in Spitsbergen’s natu­re. Ny Åle­sund pro­vi­des an easy tran­si­ti­on from civi­li­sa­ti­on to the arc­tic wil­der­ness. Geese and foxes are roa­ming through the vil­la­ge bet­ween sci­en­tists and tou­rists. Roald Amund­sen star­ted his suc­cess­ful North Pole flight here in 1928.

The first deep dive in real arc­tic wil­der­ness was to come in the after­noon with a visit to a bird cliff deep in the fjord. The Blue wha­le was the icing on the cake of this first day.

Click on thumb­nail to open an enlar­ged ver­si­on of the spe­ci­fic pho­to.

To Gal­le­ry:  → Kongsfjord  → The Nor­thwest  → Woodfjord  → Hin­lo­pen Strait  → Wide-open tun­dra in Sorgfjord  → The west coast  → The west coast, con­ti­nued fur­ther south  → Horn­sund  → Bellsund and Isfjord

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