tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38060727296194711452024-03-19T18:44:09.322+01:00Living at 78" NBlog from my 1-year stay at Svalbard.Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-66166563558620026382012-01-16T22:09:00.001+01:002012-01-16T22:09:28.627+01:00Practical winter safety day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A week of winter-safety training ended on Saturday with a full day of practical training in front of Longyearbreen. It was organized into 4 different stations with different types of emergency situations and each group consisting of between 30 to 40 people.<br />
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<b>Avalanche accident</b><br />
The scenario was a slab-avalanche with 3 known missing persons. I was in charge of the rescue operation and arrived first on the scene with 15 persons from our group; the rest arriving shortly after. <br />
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We grabbed avalanche probes and shovels and rushed inn after making sure the accident site was safe. We then made a hasty search for avalanche beacons and found our first victim alive after a short time. (The search was complicated by the fact that the instructors would remotely turn on and off beacons to confuse us). When the rest of the group arrived, they were organized into probe searching teams focusing on the areas where equipment was found on the surface.<br />
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It is a challenge to keep track on such a big group, and make that resources are used systematic and efficient, and that people are just not searching at random. I focused on always dividing into smaller groups with specific tasks and areas and making sure to appoint a temporary group leader. Another challenge with such big groups is the inevitable problem of people not putting their beacon into search mode. To solve this, I tried having the whole group actually turn off their beacons, while giving a few people the task of making a new search.<br />
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In the end, we found 4 out of 3 people with one person dead.<br />
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This was probably the most challenging, but at the same time, the most exciting part of the practical training. I feel that I did quite well, although some time were wasted at the beginning organizing the search a bit to much. There were also some gaps in the probing teams and I should probably have stressed the teams a bit more on keeping correct distance.<br />
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<b> First aid after snow scooter and avalanche accident</b><br />
At this post we played through two scenarios. In the first scenario I played the victim of a snow scooter accident. Me and a friend had been out driving snow scooters when we suddenly feel down from a ridge. I was unconscious, while my friend had broken her knee.<br />
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In the other scenario we had four victims from an avalanche accident. The person I worked on was not breathing, so we gave CPR through the whole scenario while stabilizing the neck.<br />
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Relaxing to play the victim and perhaps not so rewarding only doing only CPR on the second scenario.<br />
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<b>Crevasse rescue</b><br />
Again, I was the victim, and this time I had fallen down a crevasse. The other team roped me up, using a simple pulley system (Although it took quite a lot of time). Afterwards we used a little bit time on preparing a 6-point pulley system which is much more efficient. <br />
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Mostly waiting (for me) and therefore not so interesting. <br />
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<b>Emergency camp</b><br />
We made an emergency camp using the emergency boxes used by UNIS, boil water and perform first aid on a victim that had broken her leg. I splinted her leg using the rod of a shovel and a first aid splint tied together with the straps from the sledge. We then got her into the tent and made sure she was warm.<br />
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Fun and good to have done, but did not really learn anything new.<br />
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After this exercise we got a visit from the super-puma rescue helicopter which is used on Svalbard. They demonstrated both landing and roping people up. It is not hard to imagine how beautiful the sound of the helicopter must sound when you're actually getting rescued.<br />
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We then ended the day with a theoretical exam before getting drunk - hurrah!<br /><br />
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<br /></div>Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-27042043894350699332012-01-09T22:31:00.003+01:002012-01-09T22:32:21.540+01:00Winter safety course<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Spring semester at UNIS starts with a week-long safety course which is mandatory for all students. Schedule for this week is:<br />
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- Opening of the semester / Administrative routines<br />
- Introduction to safety, environment and issues on Svalbard<br />
- Brief from the Governor on Svalbard (Sysselmannen)<br />
- First aid, theoretical lessons<br />
- Clothing; principles and use<br />
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<b>Tuesday</b><br />
- Emergency equipment, glacier<br />
- Emergency equipment, avalanche<br />
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<b>Wednesday</b><br />
- Navigation, map/compass/gps<br />
- Rifle handling and polar bears<br />
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<b>Thursday</b><br />
- First aid, practical training<br />
- Lab, logistics and HSE regulations<br />
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<b>Friday</b><br />
- Forming and properties of sea ice<br />
- Emergency equipment, camp<br />
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<b>Saturday</b><br />
- Practical training at Longyearbreen<br />- Written test and evaluation<br />
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Today we had lectures from 9-20:00 which for most part were repetions of the fall safety course; sufficient to say, it was a really really long day. <br />
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<br /></div>Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-17527608266531645182012-01-05T02:01:00.000+01:002012-01-09T22:32:28.444+01:00Replacement rifle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Have had some problems with my Mauser (Kar98) and getting it replaced free of charge. Problem is that the 3rd round doesn't enter the chamber correct, but hits it to the side, sometimes jamming the gun as the extractor doesn't grab it properly.</div>Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-70289174441416258832012-01-05T01:24:00.000+01:002012-01-05T01:58:34.006+01:00Christmas and new year in the arctic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Christmas vacation is coming to an end and a new semester at UNIS is about to start (8th of January with safety courses). Unlike most of the students, I did not return home, but spent my christmas vacation here on Svalbard. Here is a brief summary of my Christmas.</div>
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<b>Dogs</b>The main occupation during my vacation has been with the two, and later three dogs that I've been taking care of. Pernille and Tritina stayed over christmas, while Worsley arrived the 1st of January. They are all staying up at the dog yard on top of one of the moraines of Longyearbreen (<1km SW of Nybyen) and feed once a day.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dog yard and snow scooter lights on Longyearbreen (Access to the glacier on the right side) (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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In return I have got to use the dogs for skiing around which has been a new and fun experience. As fun as it is however; sometimes it can be a nightmare i.e. when they refuse to start or stop. My hope was to use the vacation for some serious trips, but sadly there has generally been little snow and busy day. We went to Bjørndalen on a few occasions however, both with and without sledge.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pernille ( Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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In general there has been few and only minor problems, although a bit traumatic for Tritina when the wind knocked over the dog house with her in it. </div>
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Pernille and Tritina are the dogs of Knut Ola. Worsley (after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Worsley" target="_blank">Frank Arthur Worlsey</a>) belongs to Bård and arrived the 1st of January on the plane. Worsley has sadly been very nervous and had almost gnawed his way out of the dog yard; for now he is standing on a chain. Much calmer today however.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Worsley looking a bit sad/nervous as always(?) (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<b>Christmas</b></div>
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Prior to Christmas Eve I spent some time at Bjørndalen, preparing the cabin for Christmas and doing some maintenance. I also went out with the dogs and spent a night there, returning with the sledge full of trash. Weather in general was harsh, and upon returning towards Longyearbyen the dogs absolutely refused to run against the wind, but were instead hiding behind my legs. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chained up at Smutthullet (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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Christmas eve came, and it ended up being me, Cara (American), Niklas (Swedish), Daria (Russian), Angelina (Ukrainian) and Dave (The-Indian-Guy from India). A Christmas-tree was brought (300NOK for Danish fir at <a href="http://www.svalbardbutikken.no/" target="_blank">Svalbardbutikken</a>) and decorated like a proper Christmas tree. Presents from back home was placed under the Christmas tree and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnekj%C3%B8tt" target="_blank">Pinnekjøtt </a>turned out perfect! Even the weather cleared up during the evening and we had Christmas in the polar night with shooting stars and northern light.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2kg of pinnekjøtt ready for transport (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The indian guy (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daria and Angelina (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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Between Christmas and New Year's Eve I mostly spent time racing around with the dogs, shooting and doing... Well, I did something.<br />
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<b>New Year's Eve</b></div>
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A friend of mine, Mariann, arrived on the 30th of December to stay with me over New Year's Eve. I introduced her to rifle-shooting which...well. I don't think she liked it; then again cal. 30-06 is a scary caliber. She also got to try skiing with the dogs and did it impressively well.</div>
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New year's eve we went to Huset, which is a popular and the only club here on Svalbard. At 00:00 we had champagne and there were probably more rockets in the air then there are people here on Svalbard. Mariann returned home the 1st of January.</div>
</div>Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0Nybyen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen78.217784988211221 15.43579101562578.010637488211216 14.172363515625 78.424932488211226 16.699218515625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-46958903076594941232011-12-17T01:21:00.000+01:002012-01-09T22:32:44.545+01:00Christmas holiday!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Had my final exam for this semester last thursday and now it is Christmas for real! This means that I finally have time for "awesomeness" and... more time to update my blog!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barrack 11, Nybyen (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nybyen (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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So, for those who don't already know. I'm going to celebrate this Christmas here on Svalbard. My first Christmas away from home! The plan is to go to Bjørndalen and stay at Smutthullet during Christmas with two other students at UNIS; Niklas (Swedish) and Cara(American). And as I'm writing this, there are suddenly two more. We now even have a real christmas tree (although Danish). <br />
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Everyone who is not staying for Christmas has left now, and there's a calm over Nybyen. No people, no lights, just an occasional snow-scooter driving past. I have been passing the days taking care of two dogs; Pernille and Tritina (?) who lives at the dogyard just up on the moraine in front of Longyearbreen. Besides feeding them, we go skiing. Took some scratches, bruises and some blood before I caught the hang of it, but now they are just eating kilometers.<br />
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I handed inn my second semester project last day, and things are finally starting to calm a bit down, before the exams next month. This was the second project this year, and a brief summary of them is as follows:</div>
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<b>AG210 Quaternary history of Svalbard</b>: I described and interpreted both the genesis and environment of a new gravel unit found within the sedimentary stratigraphy of Poolepynten on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prins_Karls_Forland" target="_blank">Prins Karls Forland</a>. To do this I used both sediment description and interpretation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollusks" target="_blank">mollusk </a>fauna in which I collected shells to identify. Based on this I came to the conclution that the gravel was deposited during a high density deposit during a climate similar or warmer then today and most possible during the Eemian interglacial (130-114 000 years ago).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Location overview. note the polar bear jawbone to the left of my section. It is the world's oldest remain of a polar bear (110-130 000 years old) (Adapted from <a href="http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=125&sid=8114ff75-3381-475c-8b15-323ce1d89c48%40sessionmgr115&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=fih&AN=45411942" target="_blank">Ingolfson & Wiig (2009)</a>)</td></tr>
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Both projects can be downloaded as Adobe Acrobat PDF files:<br />
- <a alt="AG211 termproject.pdf" href="http://www.opendrive.com/files/NV83MzUwOF8xVVl1NV80MmJj/AG211%20termproject.pdf">AG211 termproject (OpenDrive.com)</a><br />
- <a alt="AG210_term_project_Alexander_Hovland.pdf" href="http://www.opendrive.com/files/NV83MzUwOV95NHBabV9mMGU1/AG210_term_project_Alexander_Hovland.pdf">AG210 termproject (OpenDrive.com</a><br />
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It has been almost two weeks since my last blogpost. My first excuse for this is that I've been just to busy, which might sound a bit strange since my second excuse is that not much have happened up here lately. <br />
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Well... Maybe some things happened. The sun went down below the horizon for the last time this year on the 26th of October. This marks a period from between 26th of october until 8th of march where the sun will not rise above the horizon.</div>
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For now it is still bright a couple of hours during the day as we experience what is called polar twillight where it is still daylight due to sunlight being reflected back in the upper athmosphere. Gradually it will get darker however, and between the 11th of November until the 8th of March there will only be a faint glow during the day during what is called civil polar night. Nautical polar and the even darker astronomical polar night is not experienced here.<br />
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The darkness opens up for some beautiful pictures of northerns light which have been quite frequent up here lately. For the most part however they occur during night when people like me are sleeping. The more eager people at our barrack however have set up the facebook-group "The Barrack 11 Northern Lights Observatory". There's also a northern light forecast available from <a href="http://kho.unis.no/">Kjell Henriksens Observatory</a> for those who are interested. <br />
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Chloé made us all a proper meal with Italian lasagna and tiramitsu for dessert as her sister Léa was visiting. Of course we also went out last friday. Sufficient to say; I was a bit reduced last saturday. Sunday we went up to the ice-cave in the moraine in front of Longyearbreen. However, we decided to drop it as we heard quite a lot of meltwater flowing due to the high temperatures lately. Instead I guided a group up to Platåfjellet. As we came up, they went down and I walked around for a couple of hours and tracked a polar fox for a while. <br />
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In other news:<br />
- First proper drug-raid on Svalbard. First 9 local people were caught with narcotics and now the total number is 11. They now risk being sent away from Svalbard.<br />
- Two youths were caught driving under the influence of alcohol on snowscooters <br />
- Another fox with rabies was caught.<br />
- China was accused of hacking the Svalsat radars.<br />
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On very short notice, me and the rest of the cabin group at UNIS, went to Svea and the student-cabin Salryggen.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svea,_Svalbard">Svea</a> is a mining settlement run by the Norwegian mining company <a href="http://www.snsk.no/">Store Norske(SN)</a> and between 2-300 people work here everyday making it the third largest settlement on Svalbard (After Longyearbyen and Barentsburg). The<a href="http://miljo.npolar.no/Placenames/pages/detaile.asp?placeNameID=614233M"> name Svea </a>is old for Sweden and was first established by the Swedish, but later sold to SN. </div>
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Outside snowscooter-season students usually travel by plane to Svea if there are seats available through a deal between SN and UNIS. This means that we often don't know until close up to departure whether we can go or not. This was the case with us as well. At first we gotten a notice telling us there were no seats available, but then we got a phone call and we were suddenly rushing towards the airport.</div>
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<i>For UNIS students: Booking goes through students advisor. You're not allowed to bring signal guns or ammunition. Rifle ammunition should come in original packing. Check out student cabin folder at the server. When arriving at the airport use entrance to the right of the main entrance.</i> <i>Check in starts 25minutes pre flight departure.</i></div>
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From Longyearbyen airport (LYR) the flight path is more or less to the south across Reinsdalen and into Van Mijenfjorden(<a href="http://miljo.npolar.no/Placenames/pages/detaile.asp?placeNameID=615588M">Name</a> after Willem Van Muyden which in error was written Van Mijen by Nordenskiöld). Normally it should take about 15 minutes and if it takes longer, there's probably some kind of problem - be lucky!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map from Svea to Salhusryggen (Map from Norsk Polarinstitutt)</td></tr>
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So. We arrived at Svea airport and we soon realized that a map was forgotten. We also had not got our return flight confirmed yet, so we went to the reception (Yellow building with postal sign, right up the road of the airport). The reception lady was not impressed by our preparations. In addition to our lack of maps we had not been informed that walking along the road was prohibited due to the big mining trucks driving there. In general there's also a restriction on walking around in Svea. This makes it a bit complicated to get to the cabin outside the snowscooter-season.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Svea in general (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Svea airport (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Svea in general II (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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We were in luck however. The port captain, Rolv Enger, offered to drive us to the cabin and even pick us up for our return flight at 08.30 the next morning. This guy was definitely the hero on our trip! </div>
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One of the main aims of our little trip was to check the condition of the cabin. We had heard all sorts of things. That the roof was leaking, mold and basicly that the cabin was following down. Therefor we were a bit surprised as we arrived at the cabin. It was fairly big, although probably half the size of <a href="http://living78north.blogspot.com/2011/10/me-time-at-bjrndalen.html">Smutthullet in Bjørndalen</a>. And as far as we could see the roof for the most part seemed okey, although, there were some cracks around the pipe which probably should be maintained. There were also some doorhandles missing and generally it should be supplied. There were also gas and coal, but wood is starting to run out.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the cabin toward the harbour (where you can get water)<br />
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<i>If you need water you can ask the workers in the building on the harbour</i>.<i> Also. See poster at the cabin</i>. </div>
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We had some problems getting the coal to burn, but this was mainly due to lack of experience on making a good fire with coal. Due to the design of the oven - instead of making a sort of<a href="http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?191"> teepee</a> fire, you should build a <a href="http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?191">platform</a> type of fire in order to promote air circulation from underneath the coal. </div>
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The evening was spent eating chocolate, talking and playing "Sysselmannen and coal worker" which is the Svalbard version of the card game "president.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirsteen being... Kirsteen. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the left: Me, Erika and Kirsteen (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirsteen and Ida playing "Sysselmannen and coal-miner"<br />
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The next morning we were driven to the airport and offered breakfast and coffe at the mess hall before returning to LYR and Longyearbyen.</div>
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<i>I've uploaded a GPS log with a waypoint at the cabin. This can be downloaded from the cabin group folder on the server.</i></div>
</div>Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-69120617141108164132011-10-16T19:47:00.001+02:002011-10-16T20:44:07.813+02:00Me-time at Bjørndalen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Ooops: This blogpost contains a badly shot Svalbard rock ptarmigan</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">So. There was a big party at UNIS this weekend. A perfect oppertunity to get the cabin in Bjørndalen all for myself (with reference to last <a href="http://living78north.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-being-alone-but-not-lonely.html">blogpost</a>). I woke up at 6am saturday morning ready to go. However, outside, the wind was still hitting us hard with a 10m/s average (Strong breeze), but with 18-20m/s in the throws. Temperatures was okey thought ranging from 0 to -4 degrees celcius.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photo from previous afternoon with strong winds<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">After an hour it all calmed down a little and I took a chance and went for it. Originially I was planning on going up Platåfjellet, but poor visiblity and still strong winds. I followed the road along the coast towards Bjørndalen (about 15km/9.3miles). The visibility was for the most part quite okey, but it was quite slippery across the windblown landscape. I'd brought skies, but there wasn't really any snowcover worth skiing on.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Following the road to Bjørndalen.<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, I arrived at Bjørndalen without much problem. Crossing the river wasn't any problem either since it was all frozen up and there isn't really any melting going on in the mountains either due to the low temperatures.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Waves were hitting the coast hard<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bjørndalen with Smutthullet in the far distance<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">At Smutthullet ( 78° 13' 23" N, 15° 17' 47" E) I got some food, some coffe and a fire running. Then i did some repairs on the cabin, fixing one of the doors and a window that wouldn't shut. Then I treated myself with a trip up Bjørndalen. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Smutthullet (from next morning) Photo: Alexander Hovland)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, I started to walk up, following the valley side. The wind wasn't that strong now, but there were some amount of snow coming down. Then suddenly I spotted something white up in the mountain side and I immediately knew it had to be a svalbard rock ptarmigan (<a href="http://www.npolar.no/en/the-arctic/birds-and-mammals/svalbard-rock-ptarmigan.html">Lagopus muta hyperboreus</a>). I started to climb up the scree slope towards the top. I'd almost given up when I saw something moving in the corner of my eye and is it flew past me I gave it a shot. It started to roll down the scree slope and I couldn't even see it when it stopped. I rushed down. It was still breathing and as I twisted the neck the..erhh... head fell off. Ooops.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Returning to the cabin I put the ptarmigan up on the wall and went out again, this time was for a short skiing trip up the valley. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The evening was spent in front of the fireplace reading <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0767908171">A short history of nearly everything</a> </i>by Bill Bryson, which as the title suggest, is a book about nearly everything.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Evening picture (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Evening picture II (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> As I woke up this morning I was hoping to ski most of the way back home. The wind however had turned and now almost all of the snow was gone again. It was a long and boring walk back home. My knee was still not up for walking across Platåfjellet.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A small herd of reindeer (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</span></td></tr>
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</span></div></div>Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-36137129665658806922011-10-14T00:20:00.002+02:002011-10-14T00:41:48.484+02:00On being alone, but not lonely<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Warning. This blogpost is just a personal reflection on solitude. You might want to skip it if you're here for Svalbard. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the things I miss about Svalbard is being able to hike around on my own. There are some options like using cabins (these are often full however) or tripwire (which we don't really trust up here), but for the most part trips up here are done in groups.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is it with the solitude that I like so much? I don't think most people really get it and to be honest. Sometimes. Neither do I.</span></div><blockquote><div style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>It had been raining almost non-stop since I started to walk two days ago and now the wind was picking up. There wasn't much to see either due to the heavy fog that filled the whole valley. I wasn't really tired, just not motivated. I was cold and wet - my jacket was leaking down the shoulders and I had already gotten blisters. I passed a DNT-cabin and smoke was coming from the pipe, people inside. Still. Stopping there would be defeat. I continued.</i></span></div></blockquote><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">Many times I've experienced the feeling of being cold, alone and tired. My legs are giving up and there is just no more motivation to continue. Every step is toward a goal 20meters ahead and for every 20meters you move your goal another 20 m</span><span style="font-size: small;">eters ahead. Sometimes I play this game for hours.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just one more cairn... Then another... (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then you come home. You take a shower, get some food and put your feet on the table. Then, you realize that you want more. Why? What is it that keep pulling me back everytime?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><blockquote><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-size: small;"><i>The tent was filling with steam as the water started to boil. I was lying on my back on top of my sleeping bag just stretching my legs, my arms, feeling the tingling sensation of sore muscles. It had been a long day and I had been walking for hours just dreaming of this moment. Just a few meters more.</i></span></div></blockquote><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">There is something special about being able to crawl into the tent after a hard day. You know you've pushed yourself as hard as you could. There is no question, no doubt about it. And even the shittiest cup of coffe tastes better than anything you ever dreamed off.</span></span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">However, this does not answer why I prefer the solitude of it. Would it not be better to actually share this moment with someone? Sometimes. But I think some of the reward is in that you've actually accomplished this by yourself. Do I need to prove something to myself? To others?</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tired... And wet... Reindeers in the background thought. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</tbody></table></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">I tend to think quite a lot when I walk around. About the big stuff, and about the small stuff. It does not take long before I start talking to myself. I am not sure if I do this loud or if it is just inside my head. I am not even sure if it is sane. </span></span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div><blockquote><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Why? Why Alex? Why the hell did you not cross further down? It is slippery. It will take hours to pass this shit. You're such an idiot Alex. Damn it. Why did you not just stick with the path? </i></span></span></blockquote><div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> </i><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">I often argue with myself on longer trips. When you're all by yourself you sort of need to fill all the social roles yourself. You need someone to blame, someone to joke to and someone to talk to. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">It is not that you despise other people. Quite the opposite. There's this special feeling when you suddenly hear other people again. Your heart starts racing, and you listen with every sense. Where are they? How many are they? Did you actually hear them? Are they coming closer? </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">You do get very social by being unsocial and it is not hard to talk when you finally meet. You really learn to appreciate these moments. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">Simplicity is probably a good keyword when trying to understand it all. As you wake up, you know what you're supposed to do. You have clearly defined goals which result both in internal and external rewards which reinforce that behavior. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/images/funology-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/images/funology-4.jpg" width="254" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">As soon as you introduce other people it gets more complicated. At least for me. I think most people would describe as a sort of lone wolf. It is not that I can't enjoy group-activities. I just prefer not using too much time on it and I prefer smaller groups rather than big groups. Prefer is a keyword thought and sometimes (often?) I choose not to participate.</span></span></span></span><br />
</div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">Do I ever feel alone on my trips? Actually. I often do, but that is what makes it so rewarding to actually meet people again. It is almost like starving yourself to preserve your appetite for a good meal.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">There's an ad for the Norwegian phone company Telenor which is starring the famous Norwegian polar explorer Børge Ousland. Sadly it is only in Norwegian, but I've transcribed it below.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">"<i>Loneliness is a strange thing <br />
</i></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">I remember the feeling when I was walking alone to the North pole... Or the south pole... And did not have contact with anyone for months. <br />
</span></span></i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">But the weird thing is that I'm feeling exactly the same now. I've forgotten my cell phone at home and I feel more alone then I did on the North pole or the Southpole. That is something new for me. It was not like this before. <br />
</span></span></i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">What if everyone forgot their cell phone or computers at home for one day? Then I think we'd have an outbreak of collective loneliness. And it is weird how quickly we've become dependent of being available. Everywhere. All the time. <br />
</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">Not being available has become almost a luxury today. At least it is like that for me. Because it is a bit nice to actually being able to choose yourself when you want to be lonely. "</span></span></i></span></div></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;">There is a huge difference between being alone and being lonely. Being alone does not necessarily imply loneliness. Sometimes the most lonely place on earth is in the middle of a crowd. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Feedback is most appreciated (Comments/facebook/mail) </span></div></div></div>Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-34061532895014529262011-10-13T18:49:00.001+02:002011-10-13T18:51:07.987+02:00Short note on my knee<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Went to the doctor today and he agreed that it was probably some kind of infection in my knee. Hopefully it should go over by itself, but he prescribed me Brexidol and Orudis which both helps to mute the pain and heal the infection.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fardalen is a valley about 9km south of Longyearbyen. It is a Branch of Colesdalen draining southward for about 7,5 km before connection with the mainvalley. In the winter this is the main passage from Adventfjorden to Grønfjorden. The name does not <a href="http://miljo.npolar.no/Placenames/pages/detaile.asp?placeNameID=63588M">imply</a> "a distant valley", but come from the norwegian word "far" which in this case means "passage" and thus it is the "valley of passage".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>(Adapted from <a href="http://eivind.npolar.no/Geocortex/Essentials/Web/viewer.aspx?Site=svbk_v01_no">Svalbardkartet</a> (Norsk Polarinstitutt))</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The trip was just not for fun. As previously <a href="http://living78north.blogspot.com/2011/09/another-week-at-svalbard.html">posted</a>, Francesca is doing some work on Dryadebreen, a glacier draining into Fardalen from the northern side of <a href="http://living78north.blogspot.com/2011/08/last-weekend-sun-mon-me-hrafnhildur.html">Håbergnuten</a>. This time we had crampons and could just follow the top of the Longyearbreen(Longyear glacier) to the valleyopening between Lars Hiertafjellet and Teltberget which represent a relict ice-divide for the glacier. You can walk on Longyearbreen more or less safe without rope and harnesses. This is due the polar regime of the glacier, meaning it is cold based and frozen to the ground which in turn means that ice-movement is slow. Therefor there are only a few and very shallow crevasses (<1m). There are however some supraglacial meltwater channels that one should watch out for. Especially the one running running along the eastern margin of the glacier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So after checking the weather forecast we decided on starting early in order to get back and forth to Nybyen before the snow would come. The plan was to start six a clock, however when I woke up at 04.45 to have breakfast and pack, I went on facebook only to learn that we started an hour later. This made me slightly annoyed since I only had a few hours of sleep. I did go to bed at 22.00, but there was a party going on which was a bit loud and I couldn't sleep until I around 01.00 crawled into our storage room with a sleeping bag </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">However. At 07.00, me, Francesca and Niklas was walking up the moraines in front of Longyearbreen. The weather was really nice with -8 degrees celcius, little wind, and only a few clouds hanging on the sky. We put on our crampons and soon encounted a small problem. Niklas had gotten a pair of broken crampons. However, due to recent snow, it was not so slippery on the glacier and Niklas did not slip to many times(:. The meltwater channels were for the most easy to identify by the slightly whiter </span><span style="font-size: small;">color, although we did sink slightly into a few of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It took us about one and a half hour to cross the glacier and it was beautiful sight as we looked into Fardalen with the sun peaking over Karl Bayfjellet (<a href="http://miljo.npolar.no/Placenames/pages/detaile.asp?placeNameID=07040A">After</a> managing director of Store Norske</span><span style="font-size: small;"> 1885-1930</span><span style="font-size: small;">). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From there it took us about one hour to reach the moraine-system in front of Dryadebreen. There I left Franscesca and Niklas with a rifle. And went to explore Fardalen and look for some huntable birds (Rock ptarmigans (<i>Lagopus muta </i>ssp)). Despite my best effort I only found a feather and some smaller herds of reindeer running around. No polar bears either. Apparently I'm not a very good hunter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After a while I returned to Fransesca and Niklas who were both a bit cold and after a bit of chocolate and a frozen apple we started to return home the same as we came. We stopped for a bit of food and enjoyed the view. Francesca also had her first wee in the wild (hurrah for Fran!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On the way back across the glacier me and Francesca also found one of the few crevasses on Longyearbreen (going across 2/4 down from the top as we both stepped into it at the same time. Not deep and only good fun however. As we were reaching the front of the glacier the snow came and our timing turned out to be perfect. We arrived backat Nybyen in the late afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On a side note. I sadly seem to have some problems with my left knee. It's been hurting a bit the last weeks and I suspect it might be something called a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondromalacia_patellae">runner's knee (<i>Chondromalacia patellae</i>).</a> The bad news is that I have to take it more easy and let it heal the next couple of weeks. The good news is that it is not as serious as other types of knee injuries. I've gotten an appointment next week and I'll know more then.</span></div>
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So, yeah. Where to start? This weekend I had a visit from a special friend of mine. Kristine and I meet in 2008 when we were both studying psychology at the University of Bergen (UiB). We didn't really hang around, but we would always read together and share candy. And yeah. Drink together (Because that is what proper psychcology students do). Anyway. After a year of psychology she moved to Oslo to become a teacher and I stayed back in Bergen. Since then we have not seen eachother.</div>
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It was really weird seing her again as I picked her up at Longyearbyen Airport (LYR) in the early afternoon on friday. Althought her hair was not as blonde as before she looked pretty much like the girl I remember from earlier. AND She had brought me fruit, vegetables, and writing pads from the mainland (Which are incredibly expensive here). JOY!</div>
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So. After I got her settled into my room we went for a trip up to Sarkofagen. Weather was good with temperatures just below freezing and fresh snow. The trip went fine, althought I had some problems with slowing down (as always) - I really did try thought! As always, I did not spot any grouses, but we did see quite a lot of reindeers over at Platåfjellet. At the top of Sarkofagen, we took some pictures and just enjoyed the view.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kristine in the arctic (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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On our way back, we meet Knut Ola which lives in the kitchen next to me. Kristine immideatly recognized him since he also went in our psychology class. Small world and me having a bad memory since I did not remember him.</div>
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Later that evening we went to Kroa and had a pizza and a couple of beers. I think we stayed there for some hours just talking and catching up on everything. As always I displayed my lack of drinkning skills and got a bit buzzed. Plan was to to go to Friday night gathering, but since it got quite late before we left Kroa we went directly back to our barracks.</div>
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Party, party! As always there was a party going on in our kitchen. I can't really remember if anything happenend between us arriving and us playing "flip-cup" (a drinking game) and that might be indicative of how the party went. So. We got drunk and went to <a href="http://www.huset.com/Default.aspx?tabid=522#">Huset </a>in the blistering cold of the arctic and woke up quite late on saturday. Yes, there is something missing in between there!</div>
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After getting out of bed we went down to Longyearbyen to do some shopping. Kristine bought a heapload of alcohol, chocolate and cigaretes. On our way back to the barracks we visitied <a href="http://www.lokalstyre.no/Modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=616&Category.ID=653">Svalbard Galleri</a> which is located along the road in the lower parts of Nybyen. They have got a lot of nice pictures and artwork from Svalbard and the arctic. Their collection also include a really interesting series of old maps which sort of reflect the early exploration of the artic areas.</div>
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My original plan for saturday was to bring Kristine to Nordenskiöldtoppen, but weather was not the best with some snow coming in and poor visibility. Instead we went with a couple of others to explore Nye Gruve II (The new mine # II). Locally it is known as the mine of Santa Claus. The mining started in 1937 and ran until second world war when it was hit by a grenade from the german battleship Scharnhorst and the coal started to burn. Althought the fire did not go out until 1962, mining continued after the second world war until it was closed down in 1968. In 1954 a coal dust explosion killed 6 miners. Today the mine is open, but the old mine shafts are sealed.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way after bombing Alice with snowballs (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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So we explored the mine. And yes. It would be a great place for a horror movie. Althought most of the equipment is gone, there are still a lot of neat stuff laying around. It also started to snow quite heavily and it was really cozy just sitting inside and looking out at the valley.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cozy in the mine (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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After a couple of hours me and Kristine went back home to make dinner. We had taco (WITH VEGETABLES!) and watched Mr. Poppers Penguins which <u>WE</u> thought was great (So HAH! Kristian!).</div>
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Next morning we just stayed up here in the barracks, watching some movies and just talking, before Kristine had to leave. :( Sadly, the taxi driver turned up earlier then planned, so yeah. It was a quick goodbye before she left. Back. To the mainland...</div>
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It's been a little more then a week since I came home from the <a href="http://living78north.blogspot.com/2011/09/10-days-in-arctic-ocean.html">AG-211 expedition</a>. However fieldwork at UNIS does not end before one have had pizza and beer at <a href="http://www.kroa-svalbard.no/">Kroa</a>. Countless beers and tequila shots later I was, according to everyone else, almost crawling back home. On Facebook i posted the following:<br />
<i><br />Alexander Hovland<br />So drunk... still... who's fuckin' idea was it to send two drunkere idiots (Gauti and Kristian) to watch me?<br />Liker · · 16. september kl. 02:17 i nærheten av Nybyen</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have no idea. (Photo stolen from Gauti)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tickle-fight in the hallway (Photo stolen from Gauti)</td></tr>
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This was not the only fun we had that weekend. Saturday evening we made a hottub outside our barrack using pallets and a canvas. And since we (us students) don't pay for electricity we tapped hot water directly from the tap for 5 hours. However, after a couple of hours the construction failed. We all feared that this would be the end of the hottub and there were a german film crew tapping us as we tried to push it back together. Despite our fears the hottub held and we had a great evening (and night for some?) outside and the temperature was really nice.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good times in the hottub (Photo from my camera)</td></tr>
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One of the big headlines this week has been the outbreak of rabies around Longyearbyen. During our cruise a <a href="http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/10320861-arctic-fox-bit-the-woman-in-heels">woman was bit by a polar fox</a> (<span class="st"><i>Vulpes lagopus</i>) down by the sea. This fox was shortly after killed by a dog and was then tested positive for rabies. Shortly after Sysselmannen disposed of two reindeers who also tested positive for rabies. For now people who have been in contact with reindeers are being vaccinated, but I do believe that if more dead animals turn up, then we'll all be vaccinated sooner or later. More information can be found at <a href="http://www.sysselmannen.no/hoved.aspx?m=44365&amid=3181916">Sysselmannen.no</a> and at the <a href="http://www.fhi.no/eway/default.aspx?pid=238&trg=MainLeft_5895&MainArea_5811=5895:0:15,5255:1:0:0:::0:0&MainLeft_5895=5825:91979::1:5896:1:::0:0">norwegian institute of public health.</a></span></div>
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In other news. During the week I've bought my first snowscooter. A powerfull Yamaha RS Venture VT that will be mine for this winter. Can't wait to try it out. But first. paperwork has to be fixed...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first snowscooter! (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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So. Besides a couple of trips to Sarkofagen I've only been on one longer trip this week. Francesca is working on a moraine in front of Dryadebreen and asked me to assist her on a trip. At around 7 in the morning, me, Francesca and Chloé walked from Nybyen. From the map we decided to go up to Longyearbreen and follow up along the side of the glacier to the valleyopening into Fardalen between Lars Hiertafjellet and Teltberget. The terrain however consist mainly of lose boulders and is ardous to walk in, especially if you're not used to it. Because of this we never got to Fardalen. As we looked down at Fardalen the girls gave up. After a short lunchbreak in the snow we returned walking across Sarkofagen and down along Larsbreen.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Down towards Longyearbyen (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have been away for the last 10 days to
participate in the AG211 marine geology cruise to the northeastern part of the
Svalbard archipelago. The aim of the cruise was to learn more about marine
sediment cores, foraminifera and marine floor landforms and how these can be
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<span lang="EN-US">One of the tools we used was a Multifrequency chirp (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirp">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirp</a>).
It sends a coneshaped acoustic ping down to the bottom floors using several
frequencies (hence multi) and gives us a 3-dimensional picture of the seafloor.
It also penetrates sediments which gives a profile of the sediments covering
the bedfloor. Using this, we can identify different landforms like moraines,
flutes, hill-hole pairs and iceberg scours.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In total we took up 7(?) gravity cores north and east of Nordaustlandet.</span><br />
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Day 1 Monda<span style="font-family: inherit;">y 05.sept 2011:</span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">We carried our luggage down to our room which I shared with Jochem and Francesca. I had the bottom bed, with Francesca above. This would normally involve Fran stepping on me when she climbed in and out of bed. Then again. I sleep in the most awkward positions with hands and arms sticking out everywhere, so I take some blame for that. Later we had a small lecture in the ships audiotorium.</span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Weather was okey with a little bit of clouds and wind from the south. This made the ship roll a little bit as we went west out of Isfjorden. This got better when we started going north along the westcoast of Prins Karls Forland.</span></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Day 2 Tuesday 06.sept 2011:</span></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This morning we had anchored up outside Moffen which is north of Gråhuken on Spitsbergen. Moffen is a small island built up by a series of beaches on a shallow bank with a<span style="font-size: small;"> drop-shaped lagoon of brackish waterin the center. Because the topography of the island is almost completly flat it is ideal for walruses and according to the norwegian polar institute it is the most important </span></span></span></span></span></span>resting area for walrus (<i>Odobenus rosmarus</i>). Normally there should be around 300 walruses in the area, but there were only 2 or 3 on the beach today.<br />
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We had a small lecture in the middle of the day about the general history of glaciations as well as an introduction to the various geophysical methods we were going to use. Meanwhile the boat headed for Nordaustlandet.</div>
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In the afternoon we arrived at Rijpfjorden which cuts inn between Vestfonna and Austfonna (tr. "Western glacier" and "Eastern glacier"). As we started going into the fjord we started chirping which would involve going back and forth parallel to the fjord for the next two days in order to cover the whole through which runs out to the continental slope.<br />
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One of the characteristics with the chirp is the ticking noise it makes when the accoustic signal hits the hull of the ship. The first two nights<span style="font-size: small;"> I lay awake for quite a while listening to it before I feel to sleep. After that its more comfortable as it it shows everything is working.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nichlas on chirpwatch. And yes. We used all the screens. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The weather was somewhat okey. Waves had increased a little bit, but the fog cleared a little so we could see the coast which for most part appeared quite barren. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">During the evening team 1-3 who was working in the inner parts of the Rijpfjorden, retrieved their gravity- and box cores from the ocean floor. </span><br />
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Day 3 Wednesday 07.sept 2011:</span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Around 03.00am I had to wake up for my first chirping watch. The watch involved making sure the instruments were running and change printerintervalls as the depth changed. Later however, the chirping-watch would also include stopping and starting the different instruments as the boat stopped for coring or during turning. The watch lasted for one hour. However, after my watch, I went to read a little bit. At 04:56 I have recorded "<i>First snowfall</i>!". During the rest of the cruise I had chirpwatches changing between 09.00-10.00, 15.00-16.00 and 03.00-04.00</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">During the morning both wind and waves increased. We were supposed to start coring, first in the morning, then around noon but did not start until the late evening due to the weather. This time we were taking up a gravity core which is basicly a heavy 2 ton steel tube that penetrates the sediments on the seafloor using it own weight. On the open end, there is a cone shaped core catcher made out of an alloy of magnesium and bronze which traps the sedimentcore from going out by the use of a peel closing system.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">1. Bag core catcher/cutter samples if any</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Later we helped taking up a box core which for the most part involves cleaning the deck and the box corer. We also took a push core from the box core. This involves pushing a smaller tube into the sediments of the box core so it can be stored and later analyzed. When taking a gravity core the top layers are often ruined, so then the push core can be used to make a more complete stratigraphy from the conditions today and back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Day 5: Friday 09.sept. 2011</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">We started to log our core which involves describing changes in sediment size, type, structure, color etc. and making an overview of how our section looks like. The first two meeters of our core was basicly just glaciomarine mud with smaller organic particles. The last 50cm long section however showed a little bit more variation with changing conformal bands of siltyclay and more silty sand which we now belive might have been ice-rafted material (IRD) which later has been redeposited by turbidite flows. We also found 3 fine-gravel sized clasts, one being metamorphozed schizt and the two others were dolomites. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">IRD clasts are interesting because the lithology might say something about their origin and water flow. For example. While metamorphozed scizt is found on the northern coast of Nordaustlandet, dolomite is not. The closest area is on the other side of Austfonna in Wahlenbergfjorden. This might indicate that the IRD is not from Rijpfjorden, but actually icebergs that has travelled through the Hinlopen strait and north towards the continental slope before melting.</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After finishing the prelimanry log of our sections we tried measuring magnetic suseptibility (MS). This is a hand held instrument (</span><span class="st">Bartington <i>MSE2</i> high resolution <i>magnetic susceptibility</i> sensor)</span><span style="font-size: small;"> which measure the content of ferrimagnetic matter (magnetite, titanomagnetite or magheimte) which might help to identify changes in the genesis of the sediments. The measuring is done by placing a handheld scanner on the surface of the sediments at equal intervalls through the whole core. It then calculates MS values and corrects for non-linear changes in temperatur etc. which might effect the measuring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Foraminifera is tiny amoeboid protists which has a shell made out of calcium carbonate (CaCo3) or agglutinated particles. Our work was to pick them out of samples from different parts of the core and try to identify them with the help of</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Dr William E. N. Austin from the university of St. Andrews (<a href="http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/gg/people/austin/">http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/gg/people/austin/</a>). One thing is that I've never used a microscope before, another thing is that it is bloody hard to pick out these small buggers when you're on a ship in the middle of the arctic ocean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> In the evening the boat went eastward past Kvitøya and alongside the russian border toward the Barents sea loophole. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I tried to get out bed early today. However, as I sat my foot down on the floor the boat was rolling really heavily. Hid under the blanket for another hour until breakfast.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We also continued the work with the forams having collecting 8 samples including one from the core catcher and the box core.</span></div>
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Finished with our forams today and the results are shown in the pies underneath.Changes in the composition of species normally reflecs as a change in the environment. An example is the benthic foram Cassidulina Teretis which only exist in the arctic ocean when warmer and more saline atlantic water is present. Therefor changes in the abundance of this specie can be interpretated as a change in the water circulation system.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;">Today started with team 1-3 presenting their results. Afterwards we spent the day preparing our presentation for the next day.</span></span><br />
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Day 9 Tuesday 13. sept</span></i><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Woke up today with the boat rolling heavily. Presentations were postponed twice due to big waves and a lot of people staying in their beds. First half of the day was spent watching movies and reading.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Around 15.00 we had our presentation which for the most part went okey, althought I screwed up a little bit by starting an old version of our powerpoint. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">As I went to bed I immideatly noticed that the ticking of the chirp was gone. The chirp was turned off as we now had started to head home. On the way back to Longyearbyen we would go back north of Spitsbergen through the Hinlopen straight.</span><br />
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Day 10 Wednesday 14.sept</span></i><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Heading home</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Woke up this morning as we were entering through the Hinlopen straight. The fog was now clearing up and in the horizon we could now actually see land. Later in the day the weather turned out to be really nice and sunny althought there was quite a cold wind. However, for the first time in days, I actually spent quite a lot of time on deck.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">We also passed a cople of boats, including the dutch sailship </span><i>Barquentine ‘Antigua’ (<a href="http://www.classic-sailing.co.uk/vessels/antigua-tall-ship">http://www.classic-sailing.co.uk/vessels/antigua-tall-ship</a>)</i> a little east of Biscayarhuken.<br />
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On our way home we took a small detour into the calving Smeerenburgbreen at the end of Bjørnfjorden for some group-pictures. The landscape and the glaciers here was really beautifull and I spent most of the time taking pictures or just watching the landscape. Sadly we did not see any polar bears hanging around.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Danskeneset (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smeerenburgbreen surrounding the nunatak Havhestfjellet (Mountain of the Northern Fulmar) (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magdalenabreen (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Icebergs (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me looking smart infront of Magdalenabreen (Photo: Kristian Gram Sloth)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got 14 people in there! (Photo: Kristian Gram Sloth)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The northern fullmar looks really small in comparisment (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northern fullmar (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">It was a foggy morning, but as I looked out I could see Bjørndalen which is right west of Longyearbyen. After breakfast we arrived at the harbour and the cruise was over. Feeling solid ground underneath my feet was amazing. I'm obviously not a boat person...</span><br />
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Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-35750624437679696992011-09-05T08:14:00.001+02:002011-10-09T17:09:11.509+02:00Away for 10 daysThe next 10 days I will spend on the research ship F/F Helmer Hansen (Earlier "F/F Jan Mayem) on a trip going north of Svalbard and then east towards Jan Mayem and the surrounding waters. Here we will do some seismic as well as take up some marine sediment cores.<br />
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<br /><br />See you!Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-33799225063450440132011-09-04T20:30:00.000+02:002011-10-09T17:09:18.413+02:00Trip to JansonsshaugenToday me and Nichlas had a trip to Janssonshaugen in Adventdalen to
help Ketil Isaksen to do some maintenance on his permafrost logging
station which is a part of his phd. The trip took about 2-3 hours each
way from the dog houses at Gruve 7. Weather was good, but some sleet
after lunch.<br />
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The logging station is used to measure
temperature changes in the active layer above the permafrost and was
refered to in one of the last IPCC reports. It consist of two borehulls,
one going around 100m down into the ground. It also has temperature
sensors around on the surface to measure the influence of temperature
change on the temperature in the ground.<br />
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<br />Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-74977001057659297472011-09-02T15:14:00.003+02:002011-09-02T15:44:54.718+02:00AG210 Excursion<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Warning: this post contains poor grammar and a polar bear</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the best things with studying at UNIS is the amazing fieldtrips. For one week I've been on field work around the central west coast of Svalbard as a part of AG210 Quaternary history of Svalbard. I've been working with Jochem and Francesca and our task was to mainly look at glacial deposits from before the last glacial maximum (LGM) around 18-23ka B.P.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to leave with Stålbas (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bet Oscar felt just a little bit tempted to push Patrick. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greenpeace hiding in the fog outside Longyearbyen harbor (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prins Karls Forland is situated right west of Oscar II land at Spitsbergen. It contains some of the oldest bedrock in the svalbard archipelago, but for quaternary scientiets at UNIS it recieves quite a lot of attention due to the discussion of the extent of the barents ice sheet during the weichselian (Last glacial). It also have some interesting marine terraces (former beaches) at 35m ASL (dated 11 350<u>+</u>180 BP) and up to 65m asl (dated at 41 670+m ASL).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northern fulmar taking off (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting out of the survival suits and preparing for first day in the field. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch at Brucebukta (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our section in the cliffs. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When we arrived at Prins Karls Forland we went with the zodiacs into Brucebukta. On the way in there was a seal playing infront of the zodiac and it was a beautiful first meeting with Prins Karls Forland. At the beach we spent the day digging into different sections of the cliffs identifying different layers of sediments and interpreting their genisis. What is interesting is that we actually found a layer of beach gravel at the bottom of our section which never has been described earlier. I also have my term project at this location, so I collected molluscs which I will later analyze and write a report about. I also had to do my first sediment log without really having a clue about how to do (we learned it the next day), so this might be a challenge for my project.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice being a supermodel in the wind. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walrus at Poolepynten. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lagunestranda from Poolepynten at Prins Karls Forland. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After we finished, we went back to the boat and headed for Comfortlessbreen (Surging glacier) where we were going to the work the next day. Since Forlandssundet is very shallow, we had to go all the way south around Prins Karls Forland and back on the western coast. Past Poolepynten there some walruses laying on the beach and we had a great time just watching them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Day 2: Foggy at Comfortlessbreen</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The next morning the fog was really thick and we had to skip Comfortlessbreen. Instead we went to Leinstranda which is right north of Comfortlessbreen. Here we digged into a section containing mainly diamicts, but nothing that is really worth to mention here. The section was logged before we went back to the boat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hrafnhildur and me in survivalsuits (Photo: Hrafnhildur Hedinsdottir)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patrick looking for furry white animals. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stålbas loading the zodiacs (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leinstranda. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Francesca and Jochem working on our section. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While we had been away, the crew at the boat had been firing up the hot tub on the deck. We spent most the evening there with just a small break to eat some dinner. I must admit that it did not exactly fit my mental picture of Svalbard and the arctic.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hot tub on the deck. (Photo:Hrafnhildur Hedinsdottir)</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course the water in the hot tub got quite hot, something which led us to the idea of actually taking a swim. When we achored at Nordvågen just infront of Blomstrandbreen, the captain lowered us down with the emergency boat and almost everyone dived inn. To be honest it was warmed then expected, but not exactly warm.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blomstrandbreen. We could hear it crack up and calf all evening. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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</tbody></table></div><i><b>Day 2: Kongsfjordhallet</b></i><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">We started out on the beach in front of Blomstrandbreen and did a small hike towards Kongsfjordhallen. Here we observed some nice hummocky morraines associated with surging glacial activity as well as kettle holes, pot holes and other intereseting glacial as well as periglacial phenomenas. When we arrived at the beach of Kongsfjordhallet we did some more digging to look at some of the oldest sediments that can be found on Svalbard. It is a massive layer of black-brown-red marine(shell fragments) glacial (striated rocks) diamict with an age of 1Ma+ BP.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arriving at the beach. Blomstrandbreen in the background. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking at frostpolygons - a periglacial phenomena (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch at Kongsfjordhallet. Ny-Ålesund in the background. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oldest quaternary sediments found in Svalbard (Photo: Alexander Hovland</td></tr>
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What fucked my day a little bit was when I had to tell Anna, our fantastic teacher in AG210, that I had lost the cover for my rifle. It really made me feel bad. Then Patrick told me he had one extra because he had Gautis cover, but Gauti had already packed his rifle... Yeah.... Gauti stole my rifle cover. <br />
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After our visit to Kongsfjordhallet we went with boat to Ny-ålesund which is one of the world's most northern settlements. During the winter there is about 25 people living there, whereas during the summer months the population goes up to 150 people. As most settlements on Svalbard is was founded because of the coal. Today, people wo live there, work mainly as reserachers on the global athmosphere watch project. One of the cool things you see in Ny-Ålesund is the mast where Roald Amundsen anchored his airship before reaching the north pole by air.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arriving at Ny Ålesund. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mast for Amundsends airship (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monument dedicated to Amundsen (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arctic tern at Ny Ålesund (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>We had about two hours at land in Ny-Ålesund. We did some shopping. I sent a postcard to my parents reporting that I still had not seen a polar bear and bought a toothbrush. Then we went to the pub and had a great time with some beer (finally). Apperantly my alcohol tolerance is shit. I got a bit drunk on four 0,33s.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and the beautiful Francesca (Photo: Hrafnhildur Hedinsdottir)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me being bullied by Jochem (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<b><i>Day 3: Linnédalen</i></b><br />
During the night, we went back to Isfjorden towards Kapp Linné. Here we were going to do some more digging and have a look at some diamictions in the sections here. However, what stands out at this location is our meeting with the mighty white - our first live polar bear. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first encounter with the mighty white (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Francesca was the first to spot it - according to herself she first started to wonder why there was a sheep on Svalbard. It was about 3-400m away right above the beach where we landed with the zodiacs. One of the problems was that we couldn't really scare it away, because 20m behind it, was a small tent camp with people not aware of the polar bear. Fireing a warning shot might scare it right into their tent camp. At our boat however, to warning shots were fired and the polar bear walked past the tent camp and away from us. Meanwhile a guy came out from the tent and went in the opposite direction to look what the boat was doing, not realizing a polar bear had just walked past.<br />
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After the polarbear encountered we did some digging, before we got back on the boat. While waiting for the second zodiac the captain of Stålbad pointed me in the direction of some Beluga whales that were playing outside Kapp Linné.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skansebukta. The alluvial and colluvial fans in the background is the background for the geohazards project (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog at Skansebukta. My mom has forbidden me to bring any back home :( (Photo: Aneirin Jones)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The boat then headed towards Billefjorden where we did a short stop at Skansebukta. Here we meet Eva and her assistant who were doing some fieldwork for a project on Geohazards and cultural heritage. After that we went to our tent camp right northwest of Nordenskioldbreen. At the camp we meet our camp leader Håkonnd the dog greenlandic dog Andy. Andy was there to help warn us against polar bears. Andy however was usually sleeping.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andy our watchdog in a wake moment. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our tentcamp in Billefjorden (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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I also had my first polarbear watch giving me some much needed alone time. No polar bears. I also had a trip on my own up to Nordenskiöldbreen and sat there for an hour just watching the glacier calf into the ocean.<br />
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<i><b>Day 5: Kapp ekholm</b></i><br />
Had another polar bear watch in the morning before we went to Kapp ekholm. At Kapp Ekholm we digged into a section just above the limestone/dolomitic bedrock and found a really nice diamict that we logged. We also did some clast analysis to decide the direction of the glacier. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fieldwork at Kapp Ekholm (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<b><i>Day 6: Another day at Kapp Ekholm</i></b><br />
We went back to Kapp ekholm to present our section to the other group. We then visited some active karst lakes before we decided to make a trip to theold russian minining settlement Pyramiden. Thus was a sort of weird but fascinating experience. Pyramiden was abandoned in 1998 when the coal was empty. This was done quite quickly so you can still find the offices full of old papers and stuff that was left behind.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group picture from Pyramiden (Photo: Mike Cope)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some old pumps (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having fun at Pyramiden (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weird to see some real vegetation again (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Urban exploring at Pyramiden (Photo: Francesca Scatchard)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lenin and Jochem (Photo: Francesca Scatchard)</td></tr>
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<b><i>Day 7: Nordenskiöldbreen</i></b><br />
After taking a look on some of the proglacial landforms around our campsite we went on a glacier walk on Nordenskiöldbreen which was a really nice experience. It had cracked up quite a lot in the front which suggests its moving quite a lot. At the camp we could quite often hear it crack and calf into the water which sounded quite similar to thunder. Poor Andy thought. He could not follow us all the way and was left at the glacier front while we continued towards the top.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparing for the glacier (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the glacier towards Billefjorden (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<i><b>Day 8: Returning to Longyearbyen </b></i><br />
This morning we packed together our tent and headead towards Longyearbyen. Some of us went the smaller zodiacs while the others were picked up with our luggage by Polarsirkel. On our way back we spotted a whale that we followed for a while.<br />
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Back at UNIS we cleaned our equipment; survival suits, cleaning the rifles etc. before we went back up to the barracks. I used the rest of my energy that evening on a quick run to the polar bear sign.<br />
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</div>Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-14576317894540933752011-08-21T18:11:00.001+02:002011-08-21T18:12:52.223+02:00Goosehunting<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Note: No goose, nor other bird, was harmed during this hunting episode</i><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The hunting season for the pink-footed goose (<i>Anser brachyrhynchus)</i> started yesterday and today I had my first try at hunting here on Svalbard. Me and Kristian took a taxi (About 250NOK) to Bjørndalen and started to walk up the valley. The weather was quite alright, but a bit foggy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bjørndalen. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Almost as soon as we walked out of the no-hunting zone that encircles Longyearbyen, we spotted a large herd of geese flying around. Judging by the color however it appeared to be brant goose (<span class="st"><i>Branta bernicla</i>) or barnacle goose (</span><i>Branta leucopsis). </i>The pink-footed goose is normally easy to differ from these because of its brown color, however, the lack of binoculars made it a bit worse.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herd of geese. (Photo: Kristian Gram Sloth)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Walking up on a small moraine we thought we saw a group of goose in the grass a couple of hundred meters ahead. In order not to scare them away, I asked Kristian to stay behind, while I would try to sneak up on them. When I was just below the little plateu, I loaded my rifle and got ready to creep up. Story short. It was a pile of rocks...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kristian the danish hunter. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We saw quite a lot of goose in the valley, but they were all of the wrong kind, except one. On the other side of a gorge that follows the valley floor I heard a single goose and using the camera we identifyed it as the right one.The only problem was that this gorge had really steep edges and it was impossible for us to cross it in any safe way. We tried to walk further up, but it just seemed to continue forever. In the end we had to give it up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCpRZEaLuQVgxYUUuu6nh2A-o0mkZCHTTBuHAcsjFyjFfz5VW1WsqnZ7j_NbNpVgszY5Be719Lw2A7ZQwn40yfefC6eLDy7zxi3DvJ7W5FnfHeAm6mvJGzEg-nGVBsC1qJJrh1gRPflEVE/s1600/315332_2159912351279_1050635881_2432029_6832890_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The /()&(/)& pink-footed goose (Photo: Kristian Gram Sloth)</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> At least we got a nice trip and Kristian got some really nice pictures of some reindeer. Back at the road we got a ride with a danish man who drove us all the way up to our barracks. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful picture of a reindeer. (Photo: Kristian Gram Sloth)</td></tr>
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</div>Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-83874525810212346142011-08-21T08:32:00.005+02:002011-08-21T18:49:45.471+02:00Hike to SmutthulletLast weekend (sun-mon); me, Hrafnhildur (Iceland), Jochem (Netherlands) and Gauti (Iceland) went to the cabin Smutthullet in Bjørndalen. This is a cabin owned by UNIS and which is open for students (althought you should register prehand at UNIS).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smutthullet with Isfjorden in the background. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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At first, we were supposed to be a large group, but due to british planning (which sort of sucks IMO), it ended up being just the four of us. We also had a false start on saturday, when none of the others came, something which made me sort of cranky for the rest of the evening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Gauti. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Sunday however, turned out to be a great day for walking; blue sky, sun, little wind and temperatures above 10 Celsius.<br />
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</tbody></table>After having some difficulties crossing the river just outside our house, we went up towards Longyearbreen. On the west side of the Longyearvalley there's a gully which leads up to Platåfjellet. There we saw a herd of 10-12 reindeer as well as the little forest of 16 radars belonging to the Svalsat project. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way up to Platåfjellet. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama from Platåfjellet. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>From Platåfjellet we went southwest towards Nordenskiöldfjellet (1050 moh.) which is the highest mountain on the map (BLAD C9 Adventdalen 1:100 000). Up there we found a small weatherstation and fresh snow without a single track. Here we ate some food and signed the Topptrim - Svalbard book before we continued south along the ridge towards Håbergnuten (1025moh).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh snow and fun. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weatherstation on Nordenskiöldfjellet. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama from Nordenskiöldfjellet. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
</tbody></table> On the way, Jochem decided he wanted to write something in the snow for the airplanes to see. Story short, he mispelled "Marry me" and any Mary on the passing planes are probably wondering/scared/confused<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jochem playing in the snow. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>At Håbergnuten there was no bok to sign, but the view was great, and also here there were a small cabin with a lot of equipment for communications. We also took like a million pictures up here.'<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally at Håbergnuten. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the shack. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group-picture (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group-picture. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ridge up to Håbergnuten. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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We then proceeded west-northwest towards the beginning of Bjørndalen. We were a bit worried that it would be difficult to get down, but we ended up, sledging down on our butt on the remanins of an old dead glacier.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hrafnhildur and Jochem on their way down to Bjørndalen. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me on the way. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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At the valley floor we took a short break and everyone besides me fell to sleep in the terrain and the snorring probably scared away any polar bears roaming arround in the vicinity.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is hard to be an arctic explorer. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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The last part of the trip was north, through Bjørndalen. We spotted a pink-footed goose that refused to fly and like a million reindeer. Crossing the river was less problematic than expected and we arrived at the cabin around 8pm.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small canyon through Bjørndalen. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">The cabin was really nice and there were plenty of coal, which we used instead of firewood. For dinner, me and Jochem had Real Turmat while Hrafnhiludr and Gauti (Aka. the noodle-people) had noodles. In the evening, we talked, played the guitar and made a song called "Where oh where is the polar bear":<br />
<br />
<b>Valley of bears</b><br />
We were out on a hike,<br />
in the Björndalen.<br />
Couldn’t find the statue<br />
of the one who hates Stalin.<br />
<br />
We followed our nose,<br />
went straight ahead.<br />
Saw a heard of reindeer,<br />
tried to feed them some bread.<br />
<br />
We couldn’t stop – <br />
so we swered to the right.<br />
Suddenly got lost – <br />
although it was bright.<br />
<br />
Legs got tired,<br />
so went down og our ass.<br />
We lost our way,<br />
our grass, that’s trash.<br />
<br />
Oh where oh where,<br />
is the polarstar.<br />
Please lord, tell me<br />
night is not too far.<br />
We have to find it<br />
cos we’re totally lost.<br />
To help us find the cabin<br />
sometime, before frost.<br />
<br />
How lucky where we,<br />
wearing jackets of down.<br />
They kept us quite warm,<br />
when wandering around.<br />
<br />
Twenty four hours,<br />
still light in our eyes.<br />
Then we realized,<br />
there won’t be no night.<br />
<br />
In a panic attack,<br />
one looked up and said.<br />
Hold me darling,<br />
just a little while.<br />
<br />
We held her close,<br />
calmed her down with a kiss.<br />
Don’t fear the bears,<br />
cause our snipers won’t miss.<br />
<br />
We walked through the mud,<br />
there we saw the print.<br />
With fear in our eyes,<br />
the only choice, was to sprint.<br />
<br />
Oh where, oh where,<br />
is the polar bear?<br />
Please lord, keeping him<br />
away from here.<br />
Oh shit! they’re eleven,<br />
and soon we’ll be food.<br />
Oh crap! They’re getting closer,<br />
we will sure – taste good.<br />
<br />
Ahhh!!! oooaaaoooaaahhhhh!!!<br />
Ahhh!!! oooaaahhh ooooaaahhh!!!<br />
<br />
and so on...<br />
<br />
Oh where, oh where,<br />
are the polar bears?<br />
Thanks lorf for keeping them<br />
away from here.<br />
We found an awesome shelter<br />
and now we are safe.<br />
Safe inside a cabin,<br />
wrote this song, and felt brave.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A romantic Realturmat meal. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The noodlepeople. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me playing the blues. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making songs about polar bears. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleeping. Notice the light outside. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coal-bin. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hrafnhildur and Jochem. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emptying the toilet. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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In the morning we had a short walk down to the beach and looked at the bird cliff and Isfjorden. Back to Nybyen we walked along the coast via Longyearbyen, a walk that took 2-3 hours (but dreadfully boring).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birdcliff. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the cabin. (Photo: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr>
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Annoyingly I learned afterwards that there was actually a Topptrim book to be signed just above the cabin. wll have to go back and get that signed.<br />
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For more pictures, see <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/112095487629461332936/20110815Smutthullet02?authuser=0&feat=directlink">https://picasaweb.google.com/112095487629461332936/20110815Smutthullet02?authuser=0&feat=directlink</a><br />
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Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-8141056374370451962011-08-20T23:06:00.000+02:002011-10-09T17:09:23.845+02:00Welcome to my english blogUpon request I will now start to blog in english. Old post will not be translated, but you can use http://translate.google.com/ if you really want to read them.<br />
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Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-74133506553152124462011-08-14T06:39:00.000+02:002011-08-21T00:02:34.416+02:00Sikkerhetskurs<div style="text-align: justify;">Torsdag til fredag var det tid for sikkerhetskurs og mitt første møte med UNIS. På torsdagen var det rett på skytebanen etter en kort introduksjon om farene på svalbard (først og fremst været). Der fikk vi utdelt 20 skudd i kaliber 30-06 og UNIS sine Ruger M77 Hawkeye rifler.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Det var da fire serier, en liggende og tre knestående. Siste serien ble gjennomført med 4 skudd på 10 sekund. Vi bruker da noe som heter "half loading" hvor vi kun har skudd i magasinet, ikke i kammeret. Dette resulterte selvfølgelig i at du hørte klikkene bortover når man skulle fyre av første skuddet. Selv hadde jeg forholdsvis greie klynger og var den eneste som hadde alt i det svarte på siste serien. Til slutt fikk vi demonstrert bruk av signalpistol og forklart hvordan denne skal og ikke skal brukes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6HZc2YOnOeEiNeikMyMnOyzAhzowRXBfRAi3KG_tgY6aJI2755jPcWxxxIfdHK1jj5GAzn3l5rRzwfYPxDf4eeoiyS08i8OR7Oxpmx4zgmw2JaLcXBknKbCzVAjTyzbwLL1kcEznS09c/s1600/Felttrening+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6HZc2YOnOeEiNeikMyMnOyzAhzowRXBfRAi3KG_tgY6aJI2755jPcWxxxIfdHK1jj5GAzn3l5rRzwfYPxDf4eeoiyS08i8OR7Oxpmx4zgmw2JaLcXBknKbCzVAjTyzbwLL1kcEznS09c/s400/Felttrening+002.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blinkene sto på litt over 30m noe som er den kritiske avstanden for isbjørn. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarDlDhzdRpzbsxws76egwHbn4LKslRPbnCus1FpGaHiLXsTQbt9dGeSImALiWnjJHlqfTAymwOlQpkYXQ-GRcrW4CUSy1yYqcV7-eEaYKoWPazJhUaKMuQo9tHZ9OzGhnMbI8g-wTfJDV/s1600/Felttrening+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarDlDhzdRpzbsxws76egwHbn4LKslRPbnCus1FpGaHiLXsTQbt9dGeSImALiWnjJHlqfTAymwOlQpkYXQ-GRcrW4CUSy1yYqcV7-eEaYKoWPazJhUaKMuQo9tHZ9OzGhnMbI8g-wTfJDV/s400/Felttrening+003.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Niklas som har skutt for første gang. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPe5veTObrP_FYsvx23QFKF6FAd_9xGCpnf2Y0HA3eyzr3LNX7zCvdttTV4rl1XJUEOgw9c-R1UBdc_mbB6J6q93FgIDIgARrBNZU6fJjkparGNHsCdEUJgZgerxjiBTgabLNfSp_ebQ-E/s1600/Felttrening+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPe5veTObrP_FYsvx23QFKF6FAd_9xGCpnf2Y0HA3eyzr3LNX7zCvdttTV4rl1XJUEOgw9c-R1UBdc_mbB6J6q93FgIDIgARrBNZU6fJjkparGNHsCdEUJgZgerxjiBTgabLNfSp_ebQ-E/s400/Felttrening+005.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fortsatt på skytebanen. Det sluddet denne dagen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Etter skytetreningen var det badetur med overlevelsesdrakt ved småbåthavnen. Jeg var så heldig å få et av de draktene som ikke hadde hull i, så for min del var det en ganske kul opplevelse. Vi øvde på å ta oss frem og å klipse oss fast i hverandre i sjøen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6RPvQajO9-nv7JfFNAOEbXe4bfe3OTZOpOcriA6nDio48OuvtHsDEO1CPVh5401toEQyMlHftKbMZTAxGB32u43k7sjWrLqX1mM5O7fzo1aJ-LYP7hniFNrrK4QvZL0_gPx9OE6O0lMm/s1600/Felttrening+045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6RPvQajO9-nv7JfFNAOEbXe4bfe3OTZOpOcriA6nDio48OuvtHsDEO1CPVh5401toEQyMlHftKbMZTAxGB32u43k7sjWrLqX1mM5O7fzo1aJ-LYP7hniFNrrK4QvZL0_gPx9OE6O0lMm/s400/Felttrening+045.JPG" width="196" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I følge Chloe er orange min farge. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21eBZs9PnHI5U6rllY2vYz8jVF7fUuQOHVkYqSprMYgqnpFeA2mUyBo4y7hzC_Iigd9wwQAq8jjiIxAhlA4eA5SSK0jh0a3FJZ98y_ClzyD3GmBg9IoDBL88go6MceGPCmkaB1GrsPtEv/s1600/Felttrening+041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21eBZs9PnHI5U6rllY2vYz8jVF7fUuQOHVkYqSprMYgqnpFeA2mUyBo4y7hzC_Iigd9wwQAq8jjiIxAhlA4eA5SSK0jh0a3FJZ98y_ClzyD3GmBg9IoDBL88go6MceGPCmkaB1GrsPtEv/s400/Felttrening+041.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Klar til å hoppe ut i isfjørden på 78 grader nord. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fredagen var det en del teori. Vi fikk litt mer briefing om isbjørn og isbjørnfare. Så hadde vi et minikurs i førstehjelp som besto av følgende:<br /><br />First aid practical training:<br />1. Accident scene evaluation and command</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. ABCDE approach</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Recovery position</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. CPR</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Wounds/Bleeding</div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Hypothermia</div>7. Burns<br />8. Fractures<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">9. Use of bivy bags</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Til slutt gikk vi igjennom innholdet i "nødboksen" som inneholder utstyr og mat for overlevelse om sommer og vinter. Vi fikk også prøvd å sette opp snublebluss (UNIS bruker militær variant).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0Longyearbyen, Svalbard og Jan Mayen78.218589999999992 15.64875000000006478.191661 15.484641500000064 78.245518999999987 15.812858500000063tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-42352562991555264262011-08-10T23:20:00.000+02:002011-08-21T00:02:25.557+02:00Første bestigning av Sarkofagen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I lag med Keir og Francesca besteg jeg i dag Sarkofagen (512 moh.) som ligger rett sørøst for Nybyen. For å komme dit gikk vi opp mot Larsbreen og holdt til høyre langs sidemorenen, før vi fulgte "platået" tilbake mot Sarkofagen. Det var litt tåke i det fjerne, men utsikten var bra (: På vei nedover fikk vi også med oss et lite steinras som gikk på andre siden av dalen og minte om at dette er et svært aktivt prosessmiljø.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOXjHWaC-mgB8pO1usGQKtwhWcIZKeHUxNdCvM9BlKoxdXf0TuZgieyInkWIMGaE31g0EocKK4AB6rCFqDx-D0TolrSfCPDfE9xJLptjIJocUEe1VcFDMAWZuSZ_vzbSCTlV3uaeysStp/s400/Sarkofagen+005.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="266" /></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Drittkjegle" på vei opp mot Larsbreen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Breforlandet til Larsbreen er preget av den svært trange dalen og en god del sedimenter. På dalsidene har kombinasjonen av ras og oppbygningen av morener begravd store mengder is helt frem mot dalåpningen slik at dalen har et tilnærmet v-profil heller enn den klassiske u-dalsprofilen. Her var også en god del "drittkjegler" som er sedimentkjegler med en iskjerne som dannes supraglasialt.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQ4dCpVzbieFYyQ7wFQGkg4UrzC9mlVmrUrXpLMFo9XgIVdex1D0DPBwuYhdr_GBPyhpRhf06YyE0wO_7MxVi74hPuzC1h3v815t3DrE9x0yOZDI9xdFm_W11BdzW6jW5g0CKAiqIuhoO/s1600/Sarkofagen+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQ4dCpVzbieFYyQ7wFQGkg4UrzC9mlVmrUrXpLMFo9XgIVdex1D0DPBwuYhdr_GBPyhpRhf06YyE0wO_7MxVi74hPuzC1h3v815t3DrE9x0yOZDI9xdFm_W11BdzW6jW5g0CKAiqIuhoO/s400/Sarkofagen+009.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nybyen og Longyearbyen i bakgrunnen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxdO2c8lvM6_34GcRRBUuqMEbKahgLNjqveG5_-S_WSh0zaSXJbHOFqdlWvbM3hsINMTUu1LsC8ffh41yphcqUui-JjC1D2zgX-xdC9nt8FiP5mIlYb3TgLMQ96l5e6TQH1vtF1p6Nlc0/s1600/Sarkofagen+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxdO2c8lvM6_34GcRRBUuqMEbKahgLNjqveG5_-S_WSh0zaSXJbHOFqdlWvbM3hsINMTUu1LsC8ffh41yphcqUui-JjC1D2zgX-xdC9nt8FiP5mIlYb3TgLMQ96l5e6TQH1vtF1p6Nlc0/s400/Sarkofagen+012.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Francesca og Keir på vei oppover. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br />Jeg tror ikke noen av oss er i spesielt god form og på vei oppover hadde vi en liten konkurranse om hvem som hadde den dårligste/beste unnskyldningen. Rett før bildet ovenfor fant vi forresten rester av et reinsdyr og en kan jo spekulere i om hvem som har forsynt seg av det.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8GsTSgs-yEXI7hPjKoRVPWP6atLLHx57qIEhDoy29LHnz10GblRHFv9vtqVNoIqm_IQ4W1B2vn2fIp_QwAGMyV3unTBx-HU8N5INagmSfFvdJH8SEK6CYR_-2ON5AinuzhwRZGtwJQmN/s1600/Sarkofagen+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8GsTSgs-yEXI7hPjKoRVPWP6atLLHx57qIEhDoy29LHnz10GblRHFv9vtqVNoIqm_IQ4W1B2vn2fIp_QwAGMyV3unTBx-HU8N5INagmSfFvdJH8SEK6CYR_-2ON5AinuzhwRZGtwJQmN/s400/Sarkofagen+013.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larsbreen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8W6vzQAEBtgEvP3w6Sepe0E4BIpIGe6BvLEZopKD4_O52LnQUjopeK1aZO3JWZbpcaMVuuG5WQf-69wR6VP2t38uRrS6QfmVf4V2IhyphenhyphenGqVNksDK3LOLU8pQMiGbrg0OMozVle-9CgPhe/s1600/Sarkofagen+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8W6vzQAEBtgEvP3w6Sepe0E4BIpIGe6BvLEZopKD4_O52LnQUjopeK1aZO3JWZbpcaMVuuG5WQf-69wR6VP2t38uRrS6QfmVf4V2IhyphenhyphenGqVNksDK3LOLU8pQMiGbrg0OMozVle-9CgPhe/s400/Sarkofagen+017.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keir og Francesca. Larsbreen i bakgrunnen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table> Når vi kom opp i fra morenen var det ganske flat hele veien bort til Sarkofagen. Vi så en del reinsdyrsspor, men ingen reinsdyr til Francescas store skuffelse. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8gqJEQmy56TQi5HwSo1SvDIusL1OpnN0tB3ygHEoIlkf7lImpPbN7fxAdAPB4RCKUkJVZ14MMDvQIG44ml3NVRPW84ByPSaGwJvz6_QBJG00TgFAMJxXYHuweYNtC37ZRtFilgY4jkLJ/s1600/Sarkofagen+027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8gqJEQmy56TQi5HwSo1SvDIusL1OpnN0tB3ygHEoIlkf7lImpPbN7fxAdAPB4RCKUkJVZ14MMDvQIG44ml3NVRPW84ByPSaGwJvz6_QBJG00TgFAMJxXYHuweYNtC37ZRtFilgY4jkLJ/s400/Sarkofagen+027.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frostpolygoner. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJZ-nPxCrsUbnlieWpD66Rm3Uueb3ipkfB_ZDTB4Z-9QJtXHodQVRXEoH6lhhyJTx87hYC8ABg4K3YgTqmRSSzjSxhAfZ41IDOd4w6k_9O7Tft0Bki8XGDbSK8fr_Fp13bQ570kIw7E94/s1600/Sarkofagen+036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJZ-nPxCrsUbnlieWpD66Rm3Uueb3ipkfB_ZDTB4Z-9QJtXHodQVRXEoH6lhhyJTx87hYC8ABg4K3YgTqmRSSzjSxhAfZ41IDOd4w6k_9O7Tft0Bki8XGDbSK8fr_Fp13bQ570kIw7E94/s400/Sarkofagen+036.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Longyearbreen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJj0oNjjJRKnbdIJLtPZcXttqhDv9PdZervyMqTmmvl4Iwb7v9rBaWGEsaulW1THPlr1viPWqaRtEZNY4OvHIdDyrZMQ6gBVsNe-zh9Q_VMC4Qz5vrIRyWluZnsOJCg8sDH832DSTmPA0-/s1600/Sarkofagen+039-Sarkofagen+045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJj0oNjjJRKnbdIJLtPZcXttqhDv9PdZervyMqTmmvl4Iwb7v9rBaWGEsaulW1THPlr1viPWqaRtEZNY4OvHIdDyrZMQ6gBVsNe-zh9Q_VMC4Qz5vrIRyWluZnsOJCg8sDH832DSTmPA0-/s400/Sarkofagen+039-Sarkofagen+045.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panoramabilde med Francesca og Longyearbyen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LmZmWp5bDN5_7l5Jc68mBpLNeC41V6EJd9pi6SO4ighqSbdUY3gUhfMczRBJlc_G0FbhghvmBF_7gNzOhunkRpLGSTA7iesrgi5YP-ddBmKwnZvv8C372kUOpEOIZwyG5jD__I9Q8tnU/s1600/Sarkofagen+047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LmZmWp5bDN5_7l5Jc68mBpLNeC41V6EJd9pi6SO4ighqSbdUY3gUhfMczRBJlc_G0FbhghvmBF_7gNzOhunkRpLGSTA7iesrgi5YP-ddBmKwnZvv8C372kUOpEOIZwyG5jD__I9Q8tnU/s400/Sarkofagen+047.JPG" width="356" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obligatorisk gruppebilde mot Larsbreen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANY-X0ro7i4hhO0aGWsGvacse7GiIryLqBzV4rt8uHeZBIo8E3qL94aEcx3SoLLl4suSXA5uZ8Vu-5UYAeLvclvT-B1XI27IiPkrNFPVBZNc-_ZrBHPseM1JMjEsMDKpsFRC5RbJp-v5G/s1600/Sarkofagen+050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANY-X0ro7i4hhO0aGWsGvacse7GiIryLqBzV4rt8uHeZBIo8E3qL94aEcx3SoLLl4suSXA5uZ8Vu-5UYAeLvclvT-B1XI27IiPkrNFPVBZNc-_ZrBHPseM1JMjEsMDKpsFRC5RbJp-v5G/s400/Sarkofagen+050.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Supraglasial smeltevannskanal på Larsbreen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806072729619471145.post-60799690610181188102011-08-09T21:28:00.000+02:002011-08-21T00:02:25.557+02:00Liten tur opp til LongyearbreenOgså i dag har det vært fantastisk flott vær her i Longyearbyen med 12-13 varmegrader, sol og blå himmel. Jeg brukte da godværet til min første fottur på Svalbard med brefonten til Longyearbreen som destinasjon. Breen ligger i enden av Longyeardalen litt under 2km sørvest for Nybyen.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uZX2eU9H1bYOiEFcTkEv59swPBkyA23kM_Ne29npvM2GR8Vn3LqgXn2ILi5GhQyNNa6jssW2o4YSq5Q7E1o5utnKC4exslK-mkLpPWL5JwmEjtaU3NKHFGVPxQrAS0Y3D3IP6asRZ0H0/s1600/Longyeardalen+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uZX2eU9H1bYOiEFcTkEv59swPBkyA23kM_Ne29npvM2GR8Vn3LqgXn2ILi5GhQyNNa6jssW2o4YSq5Q7E1o5utnKC4exslK-mkLpPWL5JwmEjtaU3NKHFGVPxQrAS0Y3D3IP6asRZ0H0/s320/Longyeardalen+004.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Longyearbreen sett fra Nybyen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBmQR-iSAUPCOWEzQCDBLEmpCl5pN5dBw5ZTKZOj7BhHC085_IYdbXeCuk-0xn7S-rrj_Z0voWN9jMsF_Qcn9Y_ShQFGrGqF74ImItHcoBELryxzco9ef4iBr-VbFnXEBC_rEQa6Q1jdB/s1600/Longyeardalen+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBmQR-iSAUPCOWEzQCDBLEmpCl5pN5dBw5ZTKZOj7BhHC085_IYdbXeCuk-0xn7S-rrj_Z0voWN9jMsF_Qcn9Y_ShQFGrGqF74ImItHcoBELryxzco9ef4iBr-VbFnXEBC_rEQa6Q1jdB/s320/Longyeardalen+008.JPG" width="231" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">En liten grønn flekk i Longyeardalen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br />For å komme til Longyearbreen må man igjennom et litt småkupert landskap av bremateriale. Det går en vei bort mot et gammelt hundehus og grunnmuren av en eller annen bygning som ligger oppå en større morene rett under fjellet Sarkofagen. Veien er likevel i dårlig stand og på flere punkter har proglasiale elver erodert dype kløfter igjennom de lett eroderbare glasiale sedimentene.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTQ9B15u32Qa88DJ1PfU_G1nEfuiDqurhNUmO4I8GpzV41bKKQtthl4Od42M5gik1EHH-ll362frA3Dj7J4nXT6oVrXHG9WP8MhBK-8hIJpe0-ZG-foIbYowOx1zdYWXH7ZVGte1zI8p-/s1600/Longyeardalen+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTQ9B15u32Qa88DJ1PfU_G1nEfuiDqurhNUmO4I8GpzV41bKKQtthl4Od42M5gik1EHH-ll362frA3Dj7J4nXT6oVrXHG9WP8MhBK-8hIJpe0-ZG-foIbYowOx1zdYWXH7ZVGte1zI8p-/s320/Longyeardalen+012.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rester fra gruvedrift med Sarkofagen i bakgrunnen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3IHA5TKrPT08RMbqJSXSWxD0Qp5fywttdvoTYQlQWy-pRBG_7NEOga-tFKhWhZdPbn29yr-yHYOpT6vQLaP5tdtNYBNZBSoFztq8y0E71Uj9TPjYZhqjflOJ7MKa4UgVuu7PEkN0eh-cR/s1600/Longyeardalen+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3IHA5TKrPT08RMbqJSXSWxD0Qp5fywttdvoTYQlQWy-pRBG_7NEOga-tFKhWhZdPbn29yr-yHYOpT6vQLaP5tdtNYBNZBSoFztq8y0E71Uj9TPjYZhqjflOJ7MKa4UgVuu7PEkN0eh-cR/s320/Longyeardalen+018.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noen gamle vogner (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm2GnHpUVbio3foJTq1VNFCh17SgIlHvGYIIotUZufgBRZDLI7QcHIAPNUuzXRsqi0fBsZk044FLxjatpAX_DcTxC4FbiOTaV50l5Hkw7YHmyzNCSLQRBRM9lYEIJa_RLHc5HTiKh6y83/s1600/Longyeardalen+046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm2GnHpUVbio3foJTq1VNFCh17SgIlHvGYIIotUZufgBRZDLI7QcHIAPNUuzXRsqi0fBsZk044FLxjatpAX_DcTxC4FbiOTaV50l5Hkw7YHmyzNCSLQRBRM9lYEIJa_RLHc5HTiKh6y83/s320/Longyeardalen+046.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJo55j1Dzv_YaaPhCrVkPKr2OpPc3Try1DbZ5bnPSXXROeuhpTr3P8RgOzrf3ROPggKZHqe5ACGxaoJx9dMa65dy9iVt0vaR5Ug5etHiIH8pGZ1dl4fHHbHrHiFdk_hPyGQS0PoS6eyxoj/s1600/Longyeardalen+056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJo55j1Dzv_YaaPhCrVkPKr2OpPc3Try1DbZ5bnPSXXROeuhpTr3P8RgOzrf3ROPggKZHqe5ACGxaoJx9dMa65dy9iVt0vaR5Ug5etHiIH8pGZ1dl4fHHbHrHiFdk_hPyGQS0PoS6eyxoj/s320/Longyeardalen+056.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Longyearbyen (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gk8zglJAV0GN6lt1GEoROG_p1WSBYsb9AZtg6hXSOVBvr4l2zI9QlgfbJCJ3wEjR8PXppwWiG79KZjrL_NtPnKexxQ0J0qtwOquX086H9VcCQk8dps6phCGNaloZFYCLDGdl3VmXSicq/s1600/Longyeardalen+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gk8zglJAV0GN6lt1GEoROG_p1WSBYsb9AZtg6hXSOVBvr4l2zI9QlgfbJCJ3wEjR8PXppwWiG79KZjrL_NtPnKexxQ0J0qtwOquX086H9VcCQk8dps6phCGNaloZFYCLDGdl3VmXSicq/s320/Longyeardalen+025.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liten gruveinnang og kullvogn. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><br />Som overalt i Longyeardalen ligger det også her mye rester fra gruvedriften; gamle kullvogner, vogner, vaiere og rester av ulike typer bygninger<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFg4mm-_g2fabcrC2szI-gSX6KpkxqF7nB3qApzM7TUN_DlQom6SpiJvbr8P01jSfbQgZxgXwo66lqW0H72OUnczmfwNv6-PmCSlGrId5SEySiGH6HW_Z6DLTRxFPXEJtUb_Rl3yUpFpv/s1600/Longyeardalen+074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFg4mm-_g2fabcrC2szI-gSX6KpkxqF7nB3qApzM7TUN_DlQom6SpiJvbr8P01jSfbQgZxgXwo66lqW0H72OUnczmfwNv6-PmCSlGrId5SEySiGH6HW_Z6DLTRxFPXEJtUb_Rl3yUpFpv/s320/Longyeardalen+074.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Longyearbreen. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><br />Oppe ved brefronten skrev jeg meg inn i topptrimboken som er lagt ut oppe på moreneryggen. Jeg gikk ikke oppå selve breen, men det sies at det her skal gå greit å gå uten så mye erfaring. På morenen fant jeg også flere steiner som inneholdt bladfossiler som visstnok er veldig vanlige der oppe.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtqZfhSp7mZIUxazOOA06A3u_Pm3HyProOGqe44iZy7t-g6S10GdKavCxK8cwXRipvEYdIQoGbjxEK_ARtm5JdAQQg6_jrZeJ64TcwWg29RddlmyX62ganDPFyxHTqQ5p1iK3S30CekAM/s1600/Longyeardalen+076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtqZfhSp7mZIUxazOOA06A3u_Pm3HyProOGqe44iZy7t-g6S10GdKavCxK8cwXRipvEYdIQoGbjxEK_ARtm5JdAQQg6_jrZeJ64TcwWg29RddlmyX62ganDPFyxHTqQ5p1iK3S30CekAM/s320/Longyeardalen+076.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bladfossiler. (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table>På veien tilbake fikk jeg mitt første møte med Svalbardrypa (<i>Lagopus muta hyperborea) </i>som er en underart av den norske fjellrypa<i> (</i><i>Lagopus muta). </i>Flokken på fire var ikke lettskremte, men virket mest irritert over at jeg hadde nærmest gått på den og når jeg kom for nær så løp de bare en meter eller to før de stoppet opp.<br /><br /><span id="goog_700282897"></span><span id="goog_700282898"></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9GlDq6uuCoe7oXqGexTbh2gzwOhLO6_a4DVHXEAwkWpKHn8WR7T0-huzHWaKbT4tYkZkCn3vg1QER2gxlFiWVa_paj0XiOP8Acmd5zSQWfpR3M5vS2KicAae8i9XkOIHxC3O0K7UBgCw/s1600/Longyeardalen+085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9GlDq6uuCoe7oXqGexTbh2gzwOhLO6_a4DVHXEAwkWpKHn8WR7T0-huzHWaKbT4tYkZkCn3vg1QER2gxlFiWVa_paj0XiOP8Acmd5zSQWfpR3M5vS2KicAae8i9XkOIHxC3O0K7UBgCw/s320/Longyeardalen+085.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Svalbardrype I (Foto: Alexander Hovland)</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvboAaLy_zFifQZ2Xzr_fIQ_JKCgWzKHF4UV774OO_b631hiZ2JwHYitY-4nwUcV3du1l_IQsI6Iwo41tpyu8sNiYOV_kzH8xITDnA2ktWhslzB6VWTT6Ik6HPuvSpbZ81feRdu1HAlast/s1600/Longyeardalen+101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvboAaLy_zFifQZ2Xzr_fIQ_JKCgWzKHF4UV774OO_b631hiZ2JwHYitY-4nwUcV3du1l_IQsI6Iwo41tpyu8sNiYOV_kzH8xITDnA2ktWhslzB6VWTT6Ik6HPuvSpbZ81feRdu1HAlast/s320/Longyeardalen+101.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container"><tbody><br /><tr></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Svalbardrype II (Foto: Alexander Hovland)<br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjz6xQ-qHk2UtSPZj5yOfFPZj-AcOkQ2-n2e_PSd0c2rkjfFi9IgI8nHEWloZhr9dgakU6nkI-ZfVC6CY56jph8SeJ3PNO8erxYUkHH2vO8qLzrHElon-ptXWbfT6woLIkSja4EvSsDvs/s1600/Longyeardalen+092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjz6xQ-qHk2UtSPZj5yOfFPZj-AcOkQ2-n2e_PSd0c2rkjfFi9IgI8nHEWloZhr9dgakU6nkI-ZfVC6CY56jph8SeJ3PNO8erxYUkHH2vO8qLzrHElon-ptXWbfT6woLIkSja4EvSsDvs/s320/Longyeardalen+092.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container"><tbody><br /><tr></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Svalbardrype III (Foto: Alexander Hovland)<br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbSe8ekGAp6A2FDypxGrf-BWLWvxbLoaNDex8NGe4RLDK1vndsoTqSvNupzagn0D0zqde-ctdvEJQe1TGDCMU9k-gPzaejjKK2sgRDJBz85MzWtcqZ2wp21eZ-UxJhMh8vSi3vt-K10gK/s1600/Longyeardalen+096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbSe8ekGAp6A2FDypxGrf-BWLWvxbLoaNDex8NGe4RLDK1vndsoTqSvNupzagn0D0zqde-ctdvEJQe1TGDCMU9k-gPzaejjKK2sgRDJBz85MzWtcqZ2wp21eZ-UxJhMh8vSi3vt-K10gK/s320/Longyeardalen+096.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container"><tbody><br /><tr></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Svalbardrype VI (Foto: Alexander Hovland)<br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGMWH3B67RvzAMFJbl-f6KhsHDY59NJ-ATst-8glZruBtrD_mlwsJ5c-2tm1LM1csIH1GJ9Pgl7M4Gh5_wYEmKK522CayufqmeDyTfvgUN8BZvYmrndy0pU5x4Z2DZFWwU5OOHbP_gNaT/s1600/Longyeardalen+099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGMWH3B67RvzAMFJbl-f6KhsHDY59NJ-ATst-8glZruBtrD_mlwsJ5c-2tm1LM1csIH1GJ9Pgl7M4Gh5_wYEmKK522CayufqmeDyTfvgUN8BZvYmrndy0pU5x4Z2DZFWwU5OOHbP_gNaT/s320/Longyeardalen+099.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container"><tbody><br /><tr></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Svalbardrype V (Foto: Alexander Hovland)<br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Alexander Hovlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004905346538623475noreply@blogger.com1Longyearbyen, Svalbard og Jan Mayen78.218589999999992 15.64875000000006478.191661 15.484641500000064 78.245518999999987 15.812858500000063