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

Sunworshippers at midnight, Longyearbyen harbor

Escorted off the islands by an Arctic Tern...
