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South-Spitsbergen 19-26 October 2008

On board S/V Noorderlicht

This voyage was something special: I am not aware of any previous cruise on a sailing ship (or any other type of vessel) in these waters in late October – the beginning of the polar night: since 25 October, the sun does not come above the horizon anymore in Isfjord. Additionally, we were very likely the very last visitors to the old trapper hut in Midterhukhamna and the remains of the whaling station at Lægerneset in Recherchefjord. These are amongst those historical sites that are supposed to be closed to the public from 2009 on.

Triplog South-Spitsbergen 2008/10/19-26 as pdf-file, size ca. 4,1 MB. Text, photos, layout, map: Rolf Stange. Copyright.

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Group photo Recherchebreen (Download large image file)

Norwegian ice chart - 17 October 2008 (© Norwegian Meteorological Institute)

Sunrise and sunset times:

Date	Position	Latitude	Longitude	Sunrise (UTM-1 = local time)	Sunset (UTM-1 = local time)	Sunlight hours
10/19	Longyearbyen	78°14'	15°37'	09.53	15.32	5.39
10/20	Ymerbukta	78°16'	13°57'	10.10	15.27	5.17
10/21	Midterhukhamna	77°38'	14°46'	10.03	15.27	5.27
10/22	Recherchefjord	77°30'	14°34'	10.11	15.21	5.10
10/23	Fridtjovhamna	77°45'	14°36'	10.27	15.04	4.37
10/24	Barentsburg	78°03'	12°50'	10.42	14.52	4.10
10/25	Borebukta	78°21'	14°21'	-/-	-/-	0
10/26	Longyearbyen	78°14'	15°37'	-/-	-/-	0