Adventure Spitsbergen
Magical beauty
There is hardlty any unspoiled nature left. The rare, untouched places that rermain should definitely not be run over by tourists. Even so there are places in the world where people are living and where we can sail to without a worry. Landscapes so strange, so bizarre and unreal, that we can spend days without getting bored for one moment. Spitsbergen is such a place.
North of Norway, almost a 1000km from the North Pole, between 74 and 81 degrees longtitude lies Spitsbergen. The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz gave it it’s name. Hardly any people live on the dispersed islands. Life is tough, with long cold winters without sunlight. The landscape is wild and pristine, yet this environment with its threatening cliffs, enormous mountain ranges and clear skies has a magical attraction.
Spitsbergen is one of the last truly pristine natural environments in Europe. The coasts are intercut by fjords and in between the tall snowy mountains the glaciers, covering about two thirds of the land mass, forge their way towards the sea. In winter time all the islands are locked in pack-ice that retracts during the summer. Then the Gulf Stream ensures a relatively mild climate with temperatures of around 5° C. In summer there is hardly any rain and it doesn’t go dark. The vegetation is sparse yet particularly beautiful. On land we see enormous colonies of breeding migrant birds, and also mammals such as the polar fox, reindeer and polar bears. The sea is home to seals, walrus and many kinds of whales.
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