Hiking in Svalbard/Spitsbergen

Pictures from a hiking trip in 1998. We visited the following places:
  • Longyearbyen, the capital village of Svalbard - 29 and 30 July. [Size: 65K]
  • Barentsburg, Russian settlement - 30 July. [Size: 13K]
  • Virgohamna, starting point for the Andrée expedition and other ill-fated attempts to reach the North Pole - 31 July. [Size: 29K]
  • The 80th parallel - 31 July. [Size: 40K]
  • Raudfjord, our first camp - 31 July through 4 August. [Size: 153K]
  • Ny-Ålesund, centre for research and breeding colony for Arctic terns - 5 August. [Size: 19K]
  • Blomstrand, our second camp near the glacier - 5 through 9 August. [Size: 180K]
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Norway/Svalbard: General information  Longyearbyen  Barentsburg  Virgohamna  80'N  Raudfjord  Ny-Ålesund  Blomstrand


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