SVALBARD
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| A sea bird on Svalbard. | Huge boulders at the foot of Miserfjellet, along Vesalstranda, |
Bird cliff in the mists of Bear Island. | Densely populated bird cliff on the eastern eastern shore of Bear Island. |
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| Who do you identify with? Sea gull nests on Bear Island. | The beach along Vesalstranda, Bear Island - wave out. | The beach along Vesalstranda, Bear Island - wave in. |
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| The Godoenes sailing in Storfjord, Svalbard. | Godoenes sailing through waves in Storfjord, Svalbard. | On the way to the helicopter deck on the Polarstar, Svalbard. |
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| Light dusting of snow after August storm, Kistefjellet (Coffin Mountain), Sorkapp, Spitsbergen. | Cave in Permian cherts, Palanderbuktet, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. |
Field conditions in late August, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. Preparing for evacuation. |
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| Habenichtbukt and Storfjord, Edgeoya, Svalbard. | Svalbard sunset, Storfjord. |
Svalbard sky scene. |
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| An advancing glacier front on Spitsbergen. | An Arctic glacial scene by Palanderbuktet, Svalbard. | Icebergs in Lomfjord, Spitsbergen. |
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| The view toward the inner part of Kongsfjord, northern Spitsbergen, Svalbard. | A subglacial meltwater tunnel and debris bands in Blomstrandbreen, Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen. |
Debris bands in glacier base, Palanderbuktet, Nordaustlandet Svalbard. |
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| A freshly exposed striated pavement at the front of Blomstrandbreen, Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen. |
Basal debris thrust up at the terminus of Blomstrandbreen, Svalbard. | Debris-laden iceberg, inverted glacial basal zone. |
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| A polar bear family guarding an outcrop on Kong Karls Land, eastern Svalbard. | A fresh polar bear footprint. | Svenskoya, Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. |
©by Marc B. Edwards
Consulting Geologists, Inc