Scoresbyøya (“Scoresby Island”) is situated in Nordenskiöldbukta north of Nordaustland in northeastern Svalbard. In other words: the end of the world! There is the occasional ship coming through the area on the way to the war weather station Haudegen deep in Rijpfjord, but not a lot of traffic beyond that. And even those few people who pass through here will usually not pay much attention to Scoresbyøya, which is the largest island in Nordenskiöldbukta, with just under 6 kilometres from the southern end to the northern tip. Near the north end, there are some rocky hill, the highest one being 48 m high. The rest of the island is pretty much flat.
Some may connect the general area to the Schröder-Stranz expedition, which failed dramatically. In the late summer of 1912, expedition leader Herbert Schröder-Stranz left the expedition ship, the Herzog Ernst, close to Scoresbyøya, with 3 more men to cross Nordaustland and Spitsbergen. They failed and were never seen again.
Scoresbyøya: view from the hills in the north towards the southern part of the island.
The southern part of Scoresbyøya is mostly flat, with some lagoons and shallow surrounding coastal waters. Care is needed for all navigation in the area, including small boats and especially on the west side of the island.
The southern part of Scoresbyøya: lagoons and shallow waters.
There are some more, smaller islands further west and south, including Jyplingane and Sabineøyane.
Photo gallery Scoresbyøya
And finally, as (almost) always, some impressions of Scoresbyøya, including some lovely images from a bird’s perspective.
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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.
Huts are places of longing, dreams and adventure in Spitsbergen’s beautiful landscape. Even if the modern visitor’s eye may mostly be directed towards nature, most will have an open ear every now and then for exciting survival stories about explorers and expeditions, adventurers and trappers.
These huts are silent witnesses and and every one of them tells a little part of the whole story. The little book “Svalbardhytter” and the poster that is part of the same project make these fascinating places accessible for everyone.
From remote ruins, just traces in a few cases, to “famous” trapper huts such as Fredheim in Tempelfjord and Bjørneborg on Halvmåneøya, the war weather station Haudegen, the former scientific base Würzburger Hütte on Barentsøya and Hammerfesthuset, Svalbard’s oldest building.