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En-route by snowmobile from Longyearbyen to Barentsurg, driving into valleys and along beaches. The sky is not clear, but the light is beautiful and pleasant. As the temperature of both air and water has been higher than normal on December and January, Isfjord is almost totally free from ice, a situation quite different from what I saw here two year ago. |
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My guide and my snowmobile. |
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A nice building in Barentburg and the fjord. The ice is still very thin and sparse, only the inner part of the fjord is actually covered by ice and snow. For additional pictures about Barentsburg and the surrounding landscape, please see my April 1999 trip. |
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Back to Longyearbyen. It's getting darker, with some blue light. The bottom-right picture shows the lights of Longyearbyen seen from the top of Longyear glacier. |
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Back in my beautiful hotel room in Longyearbyen (Basecamp Spitsbergen) |
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The kennel, the dogs and the sleds, a very interesting experience ! |
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The sled is almost armed and ready to go. |
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SVALBARD PICTURES - FEBRUARY 2001 TRIP: THE RETURNING SUN |
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Longyearbyen N78° the Svalbard capital Longyearbyen, on Spitzbergen island, is the Svalbard's main administration center and has excellent facilities, for both tourists and residents, considering the latitude. Excursion to Svalbard museum and hikes in the town. GO. |
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Snowscooter excursion to Barentsburg <YOU ARE HERE> Snowscooter trip to Barentsburg from Longyearbyen. Barentsburg is a little russian mining town, living on coal mines. The snowscooter trip takes about two hours each way. |
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The expedition to the most hidden parts of Svalbard starts today, driving the snowmobile from Longyearbyen to an area designed as campsite. Here, the group overnights into a small igloo, under a sky made of millions of stars and northern lights. GO. |
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Spitsbergen East coast by snowmobile Snowmachine excursion to the east coast of Spitsbergen island, driving over glaciers and pack ice trapping huge icebergs. GO. |
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Snowmobile from east Coast to Svea and Longyearbyen By snowscooter back to Longyearbyen, with lunch stop in Svea. Today the weather is really beautiful and the cold, together with a sun very low on the horizon, even at mid day, produce incredible sky colors going from pink, to orange, to violet, to deep blue. GO. |
SVALBARD PICTURES - APRIL 1999 TRIP: SPITSBERGEN BY SNOW SCOOTER |
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Longyearbyen and ice caves excursion Hikes in Longyearbyen, before descending into a cave under a glacier, for an ice cave excursion. Visit to a coal mine (where it wasn't permitted to take pictures). GO. |
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From Longyearbyen to Barentsburg by snowmobile A four days expeditions thru Svalbard by snowscooter starts today, driving from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg for the first lunch stop. GO. |
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From Barentsburg to Svea, Spitsbergen island After a short break in Barentsburg, the expedition to Svalbard by snowmobile continues driving over glaciers and frozen fjords all the way to Svea for the first overnight. GO. |
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Spitsbergen east coast by snowscooter Excursions to the east coast of Spitsbergen island by snowscooter. Today the weather is superb and there are lots of wonderful places to see, with many glaciers flowing into the frozen arctic ocean. Return back to Svea to overnight. GO. |
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The expedition to Svalbard by snowmobile ends today, driving from Svea back to Longyearbyen via the beautiful Von Post glacier. GO. |
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