Svalbard

... . But all was worth it, because it gave us the chance to enjoy the magic of the Northern Lights, the energy of the waves in the Greenland Sea, the amazing wildlife (polar bears, reindeers, artic foxes) and the perennial white and blue cover of Svalbard.

some images from the true north

... . A campsite near an airport is not always quiet and helicopters taking off at 4 am in the morning are not welcomed.  Svalbard or where i am staying Longyearbyen is 78 degrees North and enjoys a temperate summer of 4 degrees C due to the Gulf ...

... of Norway. On June 28th, I met the rest of the photographers who had signed up for the Joe VanOs Photo Safari to the Svalbard Islands. Svalbard is an archipelago in the Barents Sea, north of the Arctic Circle, about 600 miles south of the North ...

... them. We went back to hotel, had a coke and some chocolate and then boarded the bus to the airport. Ate lunch at the airport after checking in then boarded the plane for the flight via Tromso to Oslo. Good clear day so more pics of Svalbard from the ...