Velkomstpynten is on the north coast of Spitsbergen, on the northeastern corner of Reinsdyrflya, in the entrance of Woodfjord. It is part of a rocky coast, separating the lowland of Reinsdyrflya from the arctic ocean, composed of beautiful Devonian Old Red sandstone and covered with large amounts of driftwood. A rare evening with such brilliant weather, calm sea, absolutely no wind, warm midnight sun light in such a place, just under 80 degrees north, is one of the most beautiful things I can imagine!
The hut was mentioned by Christiane Ritter in her famous book “A woman in the polar night”. She wintered together with her husband Hermann Ritter at Gråhuken, on the other side of Woodfjord, in 1934-35, and in spring, she convinced her husband to make a trip over the fjord ice to visit their nearest neighbour, Stockholm-Sven. He was not at home, but he had prepared everything for visitors: the hut was clean, the oven ready to lit a fire, coffee and bread were ready.
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.
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.