Pictures from Svalbard
This summer I spent two months on the Akademik Sergey Vavilov, a Russian-owned, Canadian-operated expedition cruise ship, as the on-board ornithologist for five back-to-back trips around Svalbard. The archipelago is about 1,000 miles north of Norway, at the edge of the Arctic pack ice, about 500 miles from the North Pole, and it’s a hotspot for polar bears, walrus, reindeer, beluga whales, and some amazing birdlife. It was an incredible season; rather than trying to describe such a place, I think I’ll say it in pictures…
Thanks for sharing, Noah! Wonderful pics! Hope you are doing well back in the deep freeze! Maine feels pretty frosty about now!
Hi Noah – Sounds like a wonderful way to spend the summer! My wife, Nancy, and I have made two June trips to Svalbard, seeing 27 polar bears the first trip and a dozen the next. What a wonderful place. I would go back in a heartbeat! Looking forward to reading your new book and hearing your presentation in June at the GABC at Paul Smiths. Keep up the good work!
We have spent some time in Alaska. Would move there in an instant if we were younger. Thanks for the pictures.