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Svalbard April 2019
Easter in Van Keulen Fjord
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300 Km dogdriving south of Longyearbyen

 

The track

 

 

preparation at home for 9 days

 

 

Rein Valley (Caribou Valley)

 

 

 

 

 

Sea ice in Van Mijen Fjord

 

 

Ottones cabin

 

 

Van Mijen Fjord against west

 

 

checking the track

 

 

inside Ottones cabin

 

 

up Svalbreen

 

 

"semi fan" in loose snow up Sval Glacier

 

 

meeting with a french couple at the Steenstrupbreen

 

 

Sea ice is breaking up at Van Keulen Fjord

 

 

Van Keulen Fjord

 

 

 

 

 

driving the ice foot in Van Keulen Fjord

 

 

Van Keulen Fjord against North

 

 

Ice foot in Van Keulen Fjord

 

 

 

 

 

Slettebu

 

 

an Explorer showing the right way

 

 

Slettebu

 

 

Slettebu

 

 

morning at Slettebu

 

 

Farest south. Only water further on

 

 

Van Keulen

 

 

Lesum & Matjes

 

 

Lesum (9 month)

 

 

walking trip around

 

 

 

 

 

Van Keulen against West

 

 

our trouble way back to North. Many such shitholes!

 

 

sled plaining before glacier climbing

 

 

Ottones and Van Mijen Fjord in evening light

 

 

Van Mijen Fjord in evening light

 

 

fixing the fan lines at Gustafbreen

 

 

Matjes (9 month)

 

 

Skroll moutain, 1088 m.a.s.l.

 

 

down Slakbreen

 

 

break at "Andreasbu", Slakbre/Reindalen

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