Tag Archives: Arctic

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Ny-Ålesund – Svalbard Archipelago

July 18, 2013 by admin | Comments Off

Ny Ålesund is an international research station with approximately 25 year-round residents. Countries represented in addition to Norway are South Korea, France, and Austria, amongst others. Ny-Ålesund is also famous for being the starting point […]

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Longyearbyen, Svalbard Archipelago

July 17, 2013 by admin | Comments Off

Early 4.30 am start this morning for a 5.30 am departure to Oslo airport. The group is split into two uneven parties – 150 or so on a chartered 737 from Oslo to Longyearbyen (a […]

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Arctic 2013

June 30, 2013 by admin | Comments Off

Here we go… the start of Arctic 2013 – a series of blog entries documenting my travels from Melbourne to Sydney, Sydney to Paris, Paris to Oslo,  an expedition to the Arctic lands of Norway, […]