Reindalen ist Spitsbergen’s largest ice-free valley. A large part of the regional reindeer population is feeding on hundreds of square kilometres of tundra in just this valley.
The dimensions of the landscape are seemingly endless. The valley is a good ten kilometres wide at its mouth, uninterrupted by any landscape details. This makes the landscape appear huge. It takes many hours to get somewhere on skies, not to mention a summer hike when endless wetlands and the large river take a lot of time and energy. In the winter, it is easier to access and enjoy this vast landscape.
If you drive with a snow mobile from Longyearbyen to Sveagruva, then you will usually cross Reindalen and then drive up Slakbreen, passing Andreasbu, an emergency hut by the mining company Store Norske. I made this panorama on a hill of the Slakbreen-moraine, on the southern side of Reindalen. The valley Reindalen is Spitsbergen’s largest ice-free valley, with a huge river and wide wetlands and marshes in summer.
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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.