SVALBARD 2008

2 days of bivouac at the airport

preparing food

around Tempelfjorden

glacier Tunabreen

at the end of Tempelfjorden

1st camp at the beginning of the Postbreen glacier

fog, wind and high percentage of air humidiity

the camp 2

seeting up the trip wire alarm against our big white furry buddies

we got stucked in the camp 2, because of the bad weather-strong wind

in the warmness of our sleeping bags

inally the weather turned good and let us climb higher on the Lomonosovfonna glacier, where the weather was nice and frost and not so wet

the guardians

icy caress

the camp 4

Lomonosovfonna glacier

at the beginning of the ascent to Newtontoppen

spectacular view at the top of Newtontoppen

descent from Newtontoppen on skiis

on the way back to Longyearbyen

the camp above the Gipsdalen valley

the protection against sunburn

ascending from Gipsdalen on the Boltonbreen glacier

the camp between Boltonbreen and Murdochbreen, where we operated for 2 days and made some nice skimountaineering ascents on the surrounding hills in the wild nature

in the valley of Burn Murdochbreen, the queen of Spistbergen sad goodbye to us

the front of the Tunabreen glacier

finally we spotted the Acrtic King (the point in the middle) in the Tempelfjorden

after a while we crossed his fresh track

nosy selas from Tempelfjorden

back at the snowmobile highway

last kilometers on the last but one day in Adventdalen

last day of the trip in Adventdalen

elirious states after 17 days outside by all members of the expedition

East coast of Spitsbergen

Dominik standing on one of the countless ice seracs

Glacier front on the East Coast

Student village in Nybyen

No gun no step

Typical debris covered slopes of the West Coast

Logyearbyen, the largest permanent settlement in Svalbard

Glacier Larsbreen

Poaceae one of the few plant species in Svalbard

Calving glacier on the East Coast

Weather inversion in the mountains around Sveagruva

Mountain ridge above Sveagruva

Typical U shaped valley carved by the glacier activity

Steep debris slopes around Longyearbyen

First snow falls at the end of august and last disappears at the end of july

Wet morning, Bulo is aproaching Pizzo Badile

Northeast wall of Pizzo Badile

Bulo moving in the first pitch of Neverland

Badile, the slab sea

Wolfer degusting granit on Grand Charmoz - Chamonix

Tour Verte Marek climbing the pitch

Lay back on Široká peak – High Tatras

Jano in the icefall on Kolový peak - High Tatra mountains

Somwhere between Chamonix and Zermatt

Jano enjoying the turn in Mlynica valley - High Tatra mountains

Marek has eyes full of ice

Robert is carving turn in High Tatra mountains

Mixed pitch in Mlynica valley - High Tatra mountains

Turn made by Miso

Icefall in Tisovky - High Tatra mountains

Marek climbing icefall in Žiarska valley – West Tatra mountains

Turn in one of the many gullies in Low Tatras

Marek on Hjortfjellet

Nordenskjoldstoppen

Svalbard Larsbreen

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