Collinsodden is situated at the entry of Krossfjord. It is not exactly well sheltered, to put it mildly, but on a lovely day like this, the coastline with some wide beaches, interrupted by small, rocky points, can almost appear tropical 🙂
The flat coastal plain stretches over many kilometres, from Ebeltofthamna in Krossfjord and up the west coast (Diesetsletta). It was probably created by wave action during the pleistocene, which cut a coastal platform into the bedrock (schist, in this case).
There is a ruin of an old hut a bit away from the coast. It was a trapper hut, but it was used for scientific purposes for a short period between 1912 and 1914. In those years, there was a German meteorological observatory a good 7 kilometres away in Ebeltofthamna, initiated after Count Zeppelin’s expedition in 1910 and led by Kurt Wegener, brother of the famous Alfred Wegener (the one with the plate tectonics). Next to meteorology, the scientists also did some work on the northern lights.
Meteorologist Max Robitzsch took the initiative to photograph the aurora from simultaneously from two positions a couple of kilometres apart for altitude determination. Next to the main base in Ebeltofthamna, this old hut at Collinsodden was chosen as a secondary base for northern light photography during the dark season. To enable perfect synchronisation, they even improvised a telephone connection over more than 7 kilometres between the two sites!
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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.