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Svalbard 2009 – Polar expedition to the Arctic

Trekking and camping in Svalbard

Svalbard 2009 is a website about my travel to the Svalbard islands, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean between 74° and 81° N.

The website is divided into different sections, ranging from trekking and life at base camps through to a description of the animals, towns and of the daily activities in the area, illustrated with over 200 pictures.

Polar expedition to the Svalbard islands

A journey to the Svalbard archipelago is an expedition to the Arctic. This involves travelling by boat and stopping at base camps for several days.

  • Trekking in Arctic: this section is about trekking and provides information about base camps, trips, equipment,together with advice and thoughts about the journey.
  • Animals on Svalbard:these pages are about the animals we saw during the journey, such as polar bears, reindeers, Arctic terns and seals.
  • Visited towns: this section is dedicated to the three towns we visited – Longyearbyen, Barentsburg and Ny-Ålesund.
  • Travel Journal: a dairy about our days on Svalbard.

Pictures of Svalbard

Here you can view 230 pictures taken during the journey. Images are divided by theme.

  • Pictures of Arctic landscapes: photos of glaciers, of the Arctic Ocean, of the mountains and human artefacts.
  • Arctic trekking pictures:photos taken during our trips.
  • Base camps pictures: photos about our life at the two base camps.
  • Pictures of the animals on Svalbard: images of the animals we encountered.
  • Pictures of Svalbard towns: photos of the the three town we visited.
  • Pictures of artefacts and historical remains: images of the life in the history of Svalbard.

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