Gnalberget Peak -- Hiking to the base and bird watching.  Zoomify

Hornsund Hikers           Zoomify

Hornsund Zodiac Landing  -- Lived aboard the ship for a week and went ashore frequently on the Zodiacs. Zoomify

Hornsund Fjord

Spitsbergen Mountains 2

Spitsbergen Mountains 1 -- Spitsbergen is the largest island in Svalbard.      Zoomify  

Longyearbyen Harbor    Zoomify

Coal Mining Transportation Building -- Coal is brought from the mines in cable cars to this central building.

Longyearbyen Houses

 

 

Longyearbyen Cityscape -- Claimed largest, furthest northern city in world.       Zoomify 
 

Svalbard is a group of islands between  Norway and the North Pole.  It is commonly referred to as the land of the  Icebears, and is shrouded with snow covered mountains, icebergs, glaciers, and just beautiful sceanery.  
 
Some of my images will have a zoomify feature that allows you to zoom in extremely close and see all the detail in the real image.   Click on the Zoomify link, then use the navigator to zoom in and move in all directions; like having a front row seat....