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Svalbard 2017 May
The Long Honey Moon Journey
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One month at the northcoast of Spitsbergen, May 2017

 

"Ulla Rinman" - our boat over Icefjord

 

 

on board of "Ulla Rinman" with Martin and Kristin

 

 

bad seaice in Dicksonfjord with fresh polarbear tracks

 

 

getting our stuff on ice. Extra: 400 Kg steal pipes for the trapper at Kapp Wijk

 

 

one of the two dogteams on ice

 

 

the seaice was better closer to shoreline

 

 

Kapp Wijk Trapper Stastion with 23 dogs on visit

 

 

Martin, Ingvild, Harald and Kristin, inside Kapp Wijk

 

 

the walls in the old cabin at Kapp Wijk

 

 

starting up, - under Harald's critical supervision

 

 

Icefoot in Dicksonfjord

 

 

loose snow up Narthorst Valley

 

 

camp at Raudvatn, Narthorst Valley

 

 

finally we found the "Brudeporten" through the moraine down to Alandsvatn

 

 

"Austbotnhytta", Austfjord

 

 

Kristin

 

 

Krosspynten

 

 

from the trapping season at Krosspynten

 

 

inside the Krosspynten cabin

 

 

 

 

 

short visit over to Austfjordnes from Krosspynten

 

 

Ingvild and Kristin back from Austfjordnes to Krosspynten

 

 

nice seaice against north in Wijdefjord

 

 

Martin and Kristin on seaice in Wijdefjord

 

 

"Smokey" in the morning

 

 

north on seaice

 

 

rest at "Midtbreen"

 

 

old timberhut at Dirksodden

 

 

packice

 

 

packice

 

 

packice

 

 

 

 

 

finally at " Laksevågen"

 

 

the arrival to "Polheim", Mosselbukta seaice

 

 

Polheim

 

 

on top of the meatrack at Polheim

 

 

Martin and Kristin arriving at Polheim

 

 

Polheim

 

 

Polheim inside

 

 

victory image at Verlegenhuken, the northernmost point on Spitsbergen

 

 

happy at Verlegenhuken

 

 

back to Polheim from Verlegenhuken on Mosselhalvøya

 

 

 

everything is bigger in the NORTH: her a ordinary track of a female polarbear at Polheim

 

 

Kristin and Martin leaving Polheim on way south

 

 

16th May !

 

 

 

 

 

Arraival at "Meretebu", Lagunepynten. The northernmost cabin on Spitsbergen

 

 

Meretebu

 

 

on way home to Polheim

 

 

Polheim

 

 

the innerpart of Mosselhalvøya

 

 

Eolusnesset, Sorgfjord

 

 

Eolusnesset

 

 

Eolusnesset

 

 

leaving Polheim going south

 

 

packice

 

 

 

 

smoothing the sledrunners after a lot of stonedriving, Nordbreen

 

 

Wijdefjord to south

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Villa Møen, Wijdefjord

 

 

 

 

 

up Sørbreen

 

 

 

 

 

Sørbreen, Wijdefjord in background

 

 

 

 

 

Sørbreen down

 

 

snow blizzard at Villa Møen

 

 

south of Austfjordnes, midtnightsun

 

 

the Mittag-Leffler glacier

 

 

Mittag-Leffler glacier

 

 

dogs have freetime at Mittag-Leffler glacier

 

 

 

 

 

"Billy"

 

 

leaving the northcoast over the glaciers towards Icefjord

 

 

camp at Ragnarbreen

 

 

down Ragnarbreen, Billefjord in background

 

 

Billefjord

 

 

waiting for a boat at Pyramiden, Billefjord

 

 

 

 

"MS Billefjord"

 

 

all 12 dogs onboard on Billefjord

 

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