Back to Longyearbyen
17/02/2001 - 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.
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This is our last day on the snowmobile :-( and we are heading back to Longyearbyen, via Svea. The weather is very good but cold, with unlimited visibility and without a single cloud in the sky. The sun is very close to the horizon and as I turn my head around the sky, I can see a lot of different colors, from deep blue to pink and then to orange. |
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In the opposite direction, where the sun is about to rise, the colors are much more "warm". |
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The sun is about to return and its beams are hitting the highest peaks with a beautiful pink/orange light. Within about two monts the sun will be above the horizon for 24 hours per day. |
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We climb over a top of an hill. It's so cold, that some camera stops working and several my fingers aren't much more better than the cameras... anyway, the fantastic view pays very well. |
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Later we arrive in Svea, a small mining community southeast of Longyearbyen.. |
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| En route back to Longyearbyen, early in the afternoon, we start to cross the mountains near svea. | |
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Soon the sun goes down again and I cannot belive to my eyes when from the top of Sjaktbreen glacier I can see colors like these on the pictures. My impression was to be on another planet: I've stopped my snowmobile and I've started to take a lot of pictures all around. |
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| Back in Longyearbyen, under a fantastic and intense blue light. |
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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 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. GO. |
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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 <YOU ARE HERE> 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. |
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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