Monday, August 24, 2015

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Svalbard 2

Some of the many waiting for snow

Radir, our coffee hauler

Adventfjorden

Foxfonna glacier



Upper Adventdalen



         Ptarmigan 
                             

Polar Fox chow





















Saturday, August 22, 2015

Svalbard 1

to the airport... only 5 hrs early
dinner from SAS 

                  Svalbard airport     

they're not kidding about their bears
                                                       
                                                                     beer's cold

and Brooklyn IPA is big in Svalbard

               mainstreet Longyearbyen  

backyard of the Spitsbergen Hotel

hints for marine travel in Svalbard

the Isfjorden




Esmark Glacier

temps in the low 30s

grilled whale

Susan deciding which plastic utensil to use on her whale

Barentsburg

Barentsburg locals

plenty of public art



mainstreet Barentsburg

Lenin in Svalbard

Susan in Barentsburg



Soviet batboat

 midnight sun

Wedding processional


the entrance