Todat my parents arrived from Oslo. They will be staying with us for the next 10 days. The weather was great today, -21, a breeze of wind and sun. I have been working and will do so until Wednesday, so my parents will have to entertain themselves until I get vacation. Anna is unlucky and will have to work most of the Easter days...
Jeremy Clarckson also arrived on Svalbard ;0)
http://www.nordlys.no/nyheter/article6572447.ece
Monday, 25 March 2013
Polar-Bear shot
Yesterday a polar-bear was shot in the SW part of Svalbard. It was trying to brake into a cabin where two people from Longyearbyen was spending the night.
http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/troms_og_finnmark/1.10962731
The polar bear
http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/troms_og_finnmark/1.10962731
The polar bear
More day-light
Since the light came back, we have been going on a few scooter trips. Anna is not to found off the cold weather when scooter driving, so I have been more on trips on my own.
Last week-end it was only -7 and no wind, so I drove to Tempelfjorden, 60 km away while Anna was working ;0)
This week-end I went with Anna to the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. The weather was not to good but not bad either. We still had a good trip.
Yesterday we hiked up to a mountain ridge, Sarkofagen. It is always good to move the body after being on a scooter for a whole day...
Last week-end it was only -7 and no wind, so I drove to Tempelfjorden, 60 km away while Anna was working ;0)
This week-end I went with Anna to the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. The weather was not to good but not bad either. We still had a good trip.
Yesterday we hiked up to a mountain ridge, Sarkofagen. It is always good to move the body after being on a scooter for a whole day...
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| The frozen boat in the fjord |
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| The frozen boat in Tempelfjorden |
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| The frozen waterfall in Eskerdalen |
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| View over Tempelfjorden |
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| View over Longyearbyen from Sarkofagen |
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| Anna on her way to Sarkofagen |
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| Scootertrip to Barentsburg |
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| Welcome to Barentsburg |
Monday, 11 March 2013
Night-photography
This evening there was no wind and sky clear weather. While Anna was going to pilates and eating pizza with her friends, I took my scooter and my camera and drove across the valley and up on of the mountains. It was bitterly cold in valley, with temperatures dropping down to -30, not very pleasant when the two hand warmers on my scooter decided to stop working. But it was all worth it. The view was magnificicent!!!
Saturday, 9 March 2013
The sun is back
Yesterday after nearly 4 months of darkness, the sun came back to Longyearbyen. For some weeks though the sun has been visible if one had went out of town and up on a mountain ;0).
For the first time since 2005 the sun was actually visible in Longyearbyen on the return of the sun. The other years it has been overcast and bad weather.
Today is a local tradition called "ta sjansen" where people and companies in town have a competition using their imagination making some sort of sledge and trying to get quickest or funniest down a long slope at the end of town...
After that we will walk on skis to a friends cottage outside town, for some cocoa and cakes :D
For the first time since 2005 the sun was actually visible in Longyearbyen on the return of the sun. The other years it has been overcast and bad weather.
Today is a local tradition called "ta sjansen" where people and companies in town have a competition using their imagination making some sort of sledge and trying to get quickest or funniest down a long slope at the end of town...
After that we will walk on skis to a friends cottage outside town, for some cocoa and cakes :D
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| Anna happy |
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| The winning team |
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| Let the games begin.. |
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