North Spitsbergen, June 2006
A sample of photos from my trip undertaken 26 June to 3 July 2006 together with friends Simon Stirrup, Tony Mills and Steve Holloway on the merchant vessel Professor Multanovskiy. This was an ambition-fulfiling trip, whose success can be measured by my strong desire to return in a forthcoming summer! All images were captured on my Canon 30D dSLR with either a 17-85 IS USM zoom lens or by digiscoping with my Kowa TSN823. The footnote to each photo explains how each shot was obtained. All images copyright David H Hatton, 2006. Please use the 'Contact' link to email me for files or prints (available at up to small poster size). Site last updated: 20 July 2006. Click on central thumbnail below to commence the slideshow (10 sec. per image). Click on the base of the slide to reveal the 'slide controllers' for manual control of slide advancement. Let mouse hover over the upper part of the slide to reveal extra image commentary text.
Stormy skies, Oslo airport 25 June 2006
Our floating home, the m.v. Multanovskiy, Monacobreen fjord
Fulmar soaring alongside boat, Ifsjorden
Whaling station beach, Amsterdamoya island
Long-tailed Skua, Blomstrandhalvoya
Arctic fox and cubs, Ny Alesund
Bearded seal on sea ice, Hamiltonbreen
King Eiders and Northern Eiders, Liefdefjorden
Tundra flowers, Andoyane islands
Ice wall and auks

Brunnich's Guillemots, Alkefjellet breeding cliffs

Brunnich's (Thick-billed) Guillemot, Alkefjellet
Polar bear and cub, Torellneset
Polar bear on sea ice, Palanderbukta
Little auk flypast, Fugelsangen
Little auks on breeding scree, Fugelsangen
Icy waters, Monacobreen
Derelict trapper's boat, Skansbukta
Uplifted seafloor, Coralholmen
Walrus, Torellneset
Dutch friends and our expedition leader Monika Schillat celebrating crossing the 80th parallel

