Every glacier in Spitsbergen has got meltwater rivers. Sometimes they are running off on the glacier surface, sometimes within the ice, sometimes at the bottom. Their size may vary from a few decimetres to many metres in diameter. In summer, they are normally filled with torrential meltwater rivers and completely inaccessible.
Sometimes you just need to be lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time. We saw this very small glacier in Forkastningsdalen, not exactly the kind of glacier you would normally pay much attention to in an area where you have got so many bigger ones around. We almost just walked past it, but then we went up to have a look at this hole in the glacier snout. What we found was an entry into the interiour of a glacier, several metres high and wides, many metres long, disappearing in the distant darkness. Not completely, though: once the eyes got used to the darkness, there was a faint blue light at the far end, indicating another entrance.
This glacier cave, so easily accessible, is a glaciological coincidence, geologically a short moment now frozen in our memories. It was not there in 2014, and soon nature will have destroyed the cave or at least have made it inaccessible again. For a magical moment, it was there for us, allowing us to experience a glacier from inside.
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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.