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Svalbard Archipelago Collection (#5)

The Svalbard Archipelago, located in the Barents Sea, is a mesmerizing land of breathtaking beauty and incredible wildlife

Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Nordkappsundet, Nordaustlandet, , Svalbard, Norway

Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Nordkappsundet, Nordaustlandet, , Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Nordaustlandet, South Severn Is, Svalbard, Norway

Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Nordaustlandet, South Severn Is, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (rr)

Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (rr)
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Polar Bears. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Polar Bears. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Walrus. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Walrus. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) getting ready for swimming in the sea. Northwest of Nordaustlandet

Two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) getting ready for swimming in the sea. Northwest of Nordaustlandet
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) approaching while swimming amongst melting ice floes

Two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) approaching while swimming amongst melting ice floes
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Nordaustlandet, South Severn Is, Svalbard, Norway

Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Nordaustlandet, South Severn Is, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: entire town. Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway

entire town. Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Arctic coast, fog, ocean. Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway

Arctic coast, fog, ocean. Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Engine Room. Longyearbyne, Svalbard, Norway

Engine Room. Longyearbyne, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Longyearbyne, Svalbard, Norway

Longyearbyne, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Svalbard, Norway

Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Arctic BBQ. Svalbard, Norway

Arctic BBQ. Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Polar Bear. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: The Stockholm. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

The Stockholm. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Walrus, Rookery, Haul Out, Colony, man, gun, scout, guuide. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Walrus, Rookery, Haul Out, Colony, man, gun, scout, guuide. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Walrus, Rookery, Haul Out, Colony, man, photography. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Walrus, Rookery, Haul Out, Colony, man, photography. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Walrus, Rookery, Haul Out, Colony. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Walrus, Rookery, Haul Out, Colony. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: The Stockholme, Ship, Walrus, Rookery, Haul Out, Colony. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

The Stockholme, Ship, Walrus, Rookery, Haul Out, Colony. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: The Stockholme, Ship, Cliffs, Common Murre colony. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (rr)

The Stockholme, Ship, Cliffs, Common Murre colony. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (rr)
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Sun set. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Sun set. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: The Stockholme, Ship, tourist, evening. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

The Stockholme, Ship, tourist, evening. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Pack Ice, Sheet Ice, Arctic. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Pack Ice, Sheet Ice, Arctic. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Polar Bears. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Polar Bears. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Zodiac, boat, cruise. tourists, arctic sheet ice. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Zodiac, boat, cruise. tourists, arctic sheet ice. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Arctic Ice Sheets. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Arctic Ice Sheets. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Walrus. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Walrus. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Boat, tourists, arctic cruise, ice breaker. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Boat, tourists, arctic cruise, ice breaker. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Most Northern permenant settlement. Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway

Most Northern permenant settlement. Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Barentsburg, Svalbard, Norway (rr)

Barentsburg, Svalbard, Norway (rr)
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) standing on a huge pack ice field

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) standing on a huge pack ice field, in the background a mountain silhouette
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) looking with a curious and friendly gesture from a melting ice

Two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) looking with a curious and friendly gesture from a melting ice floe
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Meet up of two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) the weaker one has to give way

Meet up of two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) the weaker one has to give way
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) sniffing each other during a close meet up on an ice floe

Two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) sniffing each other during a close meet up on an ice floe
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: A Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) shaking its fur after climbing out of the water

A Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) shaking its fur after climbing out of the water
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) approaching while swimming amongst melting ice floes

Two Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) approaching while swimming amongst melting ice floes
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: A Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) gets followed by another bear

A Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) gets followed by another bear. Northwest of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Archipelago
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) rolling on the snow for cleaning its fur. Northwest of Nordaustlandet

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) rolling on the snow for cleaning its fur. Northwest of Nordaustlandet
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: A view of the cliffs at Diskobukta on the western side of Edge ya in the Svalbard Archipelago in

A view of the cliffs at Diskobukta on the western side of Edge ya in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: A view of the National Geographic Endeavour from the cliffs at Diskobukta on the western side of

A view of the National Geographic Endeavour from the cliffs at Diskobukta on the western side of Edge ya in
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Zodiac cruisers get a view of the tidewater glacier in Isbukta (Ice Bay)

Zodiac cruisers get a view of the tidewater glacier in Isbukta (Ice Bay) on the western side of Spitsbergen Island in
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: The tour vessel Polar Star leaving the town of Longyearbyen on the west side of Spitsbergen Island

The tour vessel Polar Star leaving the town of Longyearbyen on the west side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) in flight before Zodiac with photographers in

Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) in flight before Zodiac with photographers in the Svalbard
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Open leads surrounded by multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea between Edge ya (Edge Island)

Open leads surrounded by multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea between Edge ya (Edge Island)
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Background imageSvalbard Archipelago Collection: Adult black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) take flight during a calving event near a glacier

Adult black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) take flight during a calving event near a glacier in the Svalbard
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The Svalbard Archipelago, located in the Barents Sea, is a mesmerizing land of breathtaking beauty and incredible wildlife, and is home to some of the most fascinating creatures on Earth, such as the majestic Polar bear. In this enchanting corner of the world, a playful Polar bear cub leaps over the glistening water with boundless energy. The Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard archipelago provides an idyllic backdrop for this heartwarming scene. As we venture further into this Arctic wonderland, we encounter a female Polar bear gracefully traversing across pack ice. Her powerful strides leave footprints that tell tales of her journey through these icy realms. Not far away, a group of Brunnich's guillemots soar through the sky in perfect formation. Their synchronized flight showcases their remarkable unity and adds another layer of awe to this already captivating landscape. Curiosity takes hold as we witness a curious Polar bear swimming around an expedition ship. With its head held high above water, it gazes up at those aboard with intrigue and wonderment. Peering through an opening in the ship's deck, another Polar bear captures our attention. Its piercing gaze reflects both strength and vulnerability against the backdrop of Svalbard's rugged terrain. Palanderbukta Bay reveals nature's artistic touch with intricate patterns etched onto pack ice in Gustav Adolf Land. This frozen masterpiece serves as a reminder that even amidst harsh conditions, beauty can thrive. Nature unleashes its raw power when ice from Monacobreen Glacier crashes into the sea below. The resulting explosion creates a magnificent spray that leaves us humbled by Mother Nature's might. In this vast expanse where humans are mere visitors, witnessing a Polar bear crossing icy terrain evokes both admiration and respect for these resilient creatures who call Svalbard home. Looking back into history, we glimpse Spitzbergen during La Recherche Expedition of 1838 to 1840.