SV Antigua in September light in Forlandsund.
Spitsbergen with SV Antigua, 10-23 September 2024
Late summer and autum in the Arctic, that is a pretty short transition from summer to winter. It’s just two month from the end of the midnight sun period in late August until the beginning of the polar night in late October.
This voyage to Svalbard’s northern parts happened in the middle of that beautiful period, with stunning light conditions and amazing sunsets. That and much more was what we were hoping for during this trip, and that’s what we got – and more. Also including some real autumn weather including some pretty foggy days. We could stay away from the wind, but fog … difficult.
Evening light in Krossfjord.
There were beautiful impressions of all sorts. They are documented in the triplog and in photo galleries on several pages that you can access through the links below.
Triplog: Spitsbergen with SV Antigua, 10-23 September 2024
There are two versions. The content is identical, the difference is just the file size and thus the graphic quality. The text is German, anyway.
The trip was beautiful, but the mood – my mood, at least – a bit melancholic, at the same time. It was a bit of a “farewell” atmosphere, if you ask me personally. Farewell, Antigua – this was my very last trip on this beautiful ship in Spitsbergen (as far as I can tell, at least). Well, on the other hand, I’ll see you in Norway in just a couple of weeks, so that’s great 🙂 but we will miss you in Spitsbergen, Antigua!
And it was goodbye to parts of Svalbard, which will be almost inaccessible from 2025 due to new regulations. Places like Fjerdebreen, Idunneset, Zeipelodden in Palanderbukta, Moffen – it won’t be possible to land at these places anymore (any many others, these are just a few examples from this particular trip). Unless you get there on a private trip. Which is a joke, of course, who is ever getting to such places in a private context? (Strict rules will apply as to what is private and what not.) So, that is sad, after 25 years of travelling pretty much freely all over the place, or most of it, at least. Just following wind, weather and our own instincts and passion.
We’ll keep doing beautiful voyages in Spitsbergen, though. It will just be different, and you won’t know the difference unless you have done trips like this one more than once until now.
Thank you, Antigua! And thank you to all who were part of it and made a contribution to making it beautiful, memorable and enjoyable!
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.