svalbard

  • Last Day in Svalbard

    Last Day in Svalbard

    I had the day to myself. Jim had gone off on another boat trip, but I elected to stay behind today. The boat yesterday didn’t agree with me, and after days of travel, hiking, and boat-tripping, I needed a day to just… be.

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  • Barentsburg Ahoy!

    An adventure by sea to the Esmarkbreen (glacier) and settlement of Barentsburg.

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  • Arctic Fossil-hunting

    Arctic Fossil-hunting

    How did fossils of tropical trees and plants make their way onto an artic archipelago? They didn’t – it moved up north!

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  • 78 North

    78 North

    From the top of Platåberget, Longyearbyen looks small. In the late summer evening fog, a few lights are on, but the sun won’t “set” for at least a few more hours. The bare, greenish hills and mountains close in around the village, and we can hear the ships horns and a helicopter somewhere, but the

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