A Skitrip To The North

 

Svalbard 1984

 

 

The Plan: North Cape on Spitsbergen by ski in summer time

 

 

 

Roland, Hermann and Stefan

 

 

Longyearbyen. Taxi to MOB station. The driver was later

"diamantsliper" Morten Flygel

 

 

Start walking with supply for two month at MOB station

 

 

My backpack

 

 

Crossing Sassen Valley

 

 

Sassen River

 

 

Sassen Valley

 

 

Camp in Sassen Valley

 

 

Walking up from Freia Hotel, Moskus Valley

 

 

 

 

 

Sassen Valley

 

 

At the edge of Fimbulisen

 

 

 

 

 

Skiing from here

 

 

 

 

 

Phillip Glacier in background

 

 

 

 

 

Van Porst Glacier

 

 

Lomonossov Fonna, 1255

 

 

Lomonossov Fonna

 

 

 

 

 

Phillip Glacier

 

 

Van Porst

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We made depots for the return

 

 

Van Porst

 

 

Phillip Glacier

 

 

Lomonossov Fonna

 

 

 

 

 

Phillip Glacier

 

 

Camp on Lomonossov Fonna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Out on Lomonossov Fonna

 

 

 

 

 

Lomonossov Fonna

 

 

Lomonossov Fonna

 

 

 

 

 

Lomonossov Fonna

 

 

Lomonossov Fonna

 

 

Lomonossov Fonna, 1255

 

 

Van Porst Glacier with depot

 

 

down Tuna Glacier

 

 

 

 

 

Tuna Glacier

 

 

Moraine at Tuna Glacier

 

 

Tempel Fjord with Tuna Glacier

 

 

 

 

 

Bjonahamn cabin

 

 

Gipshuken cabin

 

 

foot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foot to

 

 

Charlett Templet, Tempelfjord. This cabin is removed

 

 

 

Red: the route North, green the way back

 

 

 

 

 

 

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