Svalbard

Birds

Birds were our regular companions, both during our field trips, and in settlements on Svalbard

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Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis; JA)
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Northern fulmar and Conwaybreen (JA)
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Purple sandpiper (Ny Ĺlesund; MH)
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Purple sandpiper (Longyearbyen; JA)
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Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis; JA)
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Glaucous gull in flight (Larus hyperboreus; JA)
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Glaucous gull after touchdown (JA)
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Gulls in front of Kronebreen (JA)
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Kittiwake hunting (Rissa tridactyla; JA)
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Kittiwake on blue ice (JA)
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Arctic tern breeding (Sterna paradisaea; JA)
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Nest and egg (arctic tern; JA)
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Arctic tern, hunting (MH)
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Making a splash (MH)
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Before touchdown (JA)
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Not everyone is equal (JA)
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To fend off attacking terns... (JA)
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Feather and saxifrage (JA)
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Where there is so much life... (JA)
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…there is also death (JA)
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Barnacle geese and chicks at Ny-Ĺlesund (MH)
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Arctic tern on iceberg near Ny-Ĺlesund (MH)