Panorama images and some natural history information
The peninsula Ahlstrandhalvøya is, strictly speaking, a whole series of small peninsulas with adjacent islets on the southern side of Van Keulenfjord.
Spitsbergen’s beautiful west coast scenery finds a culmination on and around Ahlstrandhalvøya due to the many coastal features and the panorama of the surrounding mountains, which clearly display the structure of Spitsbergen’s geology from the strongly folded and uplifted west coast to the tectonically rather undisturbed Central Tertiary Basin.
All the landscape features on Ahlstrandhalvøya have got different names, so some refer to this place as Kapp Toscana (this is actually where the hut Bamsebu is located), Richardodden or Fleur-de-Lyshamna.
The last panorama shows Bamsebu, one of Spitsbergen’s nicest huts – who wouldn’t want to spend some time here? – and one of very few huts in the large protected areas that are still private property. This part of Ahlstrandhalvøya is the area that is actually called Kapp Toscana.
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.