An Arctic Voyage, 2007

Click on any image to see the larger picture.   1. Arrival at our hotel in Longyearbyen 2. A row of Longyearbyen houses 3. Longyearbyen shopping centre 4. Leaving Longyearbyen 5. Our first zodiac landing 6. Arctic Tern defending its territory 7. Walruses at Poolepynten 8. Walruses at Poolepynten 9. An older wlarus in the group 10. The older walrus shows off his tusks 11. Walruses swimming at Poolepynten 12. Younger walrus checking out the visitors 13. A final swim past 14. Walrus haulout 15. Another walrus joins the haulout 16. A final view of the haulout 17. Disembarking the zodiac on return to the ship 18. Spitsbergen coastline 19. View from the beach at Amsterdamøyen 20. Another view from Amsterdamøyen 21. "Red knot" sandpiper at Amsterdamøyen 22. Eider ducks 23.Our first polar bear sighting 24. Landing at Fugelsongen 25. Little auks at Fugelsongen 26. Little auks at Fugelsongen 27. Little auks at Fugelsongen 28. Little auks at Fugelsongen 29. Hinlopenstretet 30. Ice in Hinlopenstretet 31. The ice becomes thicker 32. More ice ahead of our ship 33. Brunnich's guillemots in Hinlopenstretet 34. Brunnich's guillemots among the ice 35. Ripples on the water 36. Zodiacs leave Explorer at Alkefjellet 37. Zodiacs passing cliffs at Alkefjellet 38. Continuing the zodiac cruise 39. Passing across the face of the glacier at Alkefjellet 40. The bird cliffs of Alkefjellet 41. Brunnich's guillemots 42. A pair of guillemots on floating ice 43. Guillemots taking off 44. Guillemots taking off 45. Brunnich's guillemots 46. Ice and birds ahead of the ship. 47. Ice ahead of the ship 48. Polar bear and cub on the Arctic ice 49. Polar bear and cub on the Arctic ice 50. Polar bear and cub on the Arctic ice 51. Polar bear and cub on the Arctic ice 52. Polar Bear and cub on the Arctic ice 53. Polar bear on the Arctic ice 54. Polar bear sitting on the ice watching the ship leave 55. Fin whales appear beside the ship 56. Fin whale beside the ship 57. Fin whale beside the ship 58. Fin whale ahead of the ship 59. Fin whale beside the ship 60. View from the beach at Phippsøya Island 61. Explorer at Phippsøya Island 62. Pack ice 63. Explorer splitting the ice 64. Sabine and the polar ice 65. Polar ice 66. Polar ice 67. Ahead is the edge of the pack ice 68. Kittiwake at the edge of the polar ice cap 69. We arrive at the Andøyen Islands in Liefdefjorden 70. A polar bear is sighted 71. Polar bear 72. The polar bear moves on. 73. Polar bear 74. Polar bear 75. The bear leaves us 76. Zodiacs at Andøyane Islands 77. Polar bear in the water. 78. A vegetarian bear! 79.Polar bear floating on his back 80. Polar bear checking the zodiacs 81. Polar bear 82. The bear moves on 83. Arriving at Monacobreen 84. Floating ice near Monacobreen 85. Gulls on floating ice at Monacobreen 86. Monacobreen 87. Zodiac near the glacier 88. Monacobreen glacier 89. Floating ice with glacier 90. Floating ice at the Monacobreen glacier 91. an ice cave in the glacier 92. Ice falling from the glacier 93. After the ice fall 94. Explorer in the distance, with floating ice 95. Explorer 96. Hornsund fjord 97. Explorer in Hornsund fjord 98. Floating ice in Hornsund 99. Zodiac moving toward the Muhlbacher glacier 100. Moonrise in Hornsund fjord 101. Lacework of clouds above Hornsund glacier 102. Muhlbacher glacier 103. Muhlbacher glacier 104. Blue ice surfacing as the glacier "calves" 105. The surge of blue ice continues 106. The upheaval of blue ice continues 107. Newly created icebergs 108. Brash ice swirling after the upheaval 109. Brash ice 110. Some interesting floating ice in Hornsund fjord 111. Explorer in Hornsund 112. Back at the wharf in Longyearbyen 113. Leaving Svarlbard 114. One last view of Spitsbergen