Our plane flew along the south-west coast of Spitsbergen, the biggest island of the Svalbard archipelago.
As I described, on Sunday 2 June we arrived on the airport of Longyearbyen, the capital of Arctic Svalbard.
It being Arctic summer, there was midnight sun.
Almost immediately, we heard a snow bunting sing.
Three pink-footed geese.
Two eider ducks.
In a valley in the village, barnacle geese. And a reindeer. And glaucous gulls.
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Yes, indeed I was fortunate to be able to go to this beautiful area. More about it will come on this blog 🙂
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