Leaving Longyearbyen we drove up Adventdalen, through Sassendalen before entering Tempelfjorden. Passing the "ship in the ice" and continued north and finally to our cabin.
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| Looking out Billefjorden. |
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| This baby seal was born 2 weeks too early. The mother could not be seen during the time we spent there. Unfortunately this little cute seal did not make it. Two days later we came back here but it was not there. Probably killed by seagulls and/or a fox. Nature do not have cute - not cute, beautiful - not beautiful in its vocabulary. |
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| The first meeting with the polar bear in Tempelfjorden. This young lady seems to a very effective hunter. Two days before our arrival she had caught a seal. This morning she caught an other seal. |
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| She never walked far from her pray. |
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| The spectacular glacier in Tempelfjorden. |
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| Svalbard reindeer in Gipsdalen |
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| Our third meeting with the polar bear. This day she was very playful. She was enjoying herself playing in the snow. |
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| Looking for pray. Three days after this picture was taken she was killed. Early in the morning she came into a tent and grabbed one of the tourons out of his sleeping bag. His friend shot and wounded the bear. People from Sysselmannen came to the site and finally killed the bear. Most likely the campers did not post a guard outside their tent. The attacked person only got a few scratches and could see the famous eclipse on March 20th, the polar bear could not. |
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| Reindeer running in the sunset. |
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| The Tempelfjorden glacier in the mist. |
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| Beautiful light on the tops of this mountain in Billefjorden |
