Svalbard, Blomstrand

Blomstrand Glacier

Hiking in Spitsbergen is basically a question of climbing up...

Climbing down

...then down...

Crossing stream

...and across a creek.

Olsson Peak

Ascending through the cloud...

...to the sunshine on top.

Notice the peaks in the background breaking through the cloud at about 1000 m above sea level.

Arctic skuas

After Ny-Ålesund, we were used to being attacked from the air and this was probably a good thing considering the size of the Arctic Skuas.

Blomstrand Glacier

Walking on the Blomstrand Glacier.

Arctic Ulla and the icebergs

Who says only polar bears and seals can swim in arctic waters?

Glaucous gull making dinner plans near our cooking tent.

Dinner the last evening

Dinner in the cooking tent the last evening at Blomstrand.

Three Crowns

These peaks are known as the Three Crowns after Sweden, Norway and Denmark a fitting place to end this trip with participants from all three countries.

Blomstrand Glacier
Hiking in Spitsbergen is basically a question of climbing up...
...then down...
...and across a creek.
Ascending through the cloud...
...to the sunshine on top. Notice the peaks in the background breaking through the cloud at about 1000 m above sea level.



After Ny-Ålesund, we were used to being attacked from the air and this was probably a good thing considering the size of the Arctic Skuas.

Walking on the Blomstrand Glacier.

Who says only polar bears and seals can swim in arctic waters?
Glaucous gull making dinner plans near our cooking tent.
Dinner in the cooking tent the last evening at Blomstrand.

These peaks are known as the Three Crowns after Sweden, Norway and Denmark a fitting place to end this trip with participants from all three countries.