Svalbard Travel Guide: Svalbard Sights and Activities • Arctic Animals: Polar Bears, Walruses, Arctic Foxes, Reindeer • Culture & History
Spitsbergen
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Ny-Alesund is the world's northernmost year-round research center in the Arctic and was the launch site for Roald Amundsen's North Pole expedition.
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July Bay in Svalbard is known for beautiful glacier panoramas on the 14th of July Glacier, cute puffins and arctic flowers.
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Cape Lee on the Svalbard island of Edgeøya is an old trapper base and is now known for walruses, reindeer and chances of polar bears.
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Barentsøya is the fourth largest island in the Svalbard archipelago. Kapp Waldburg is known for its colony of seagulls and foraging arctic foxes.