Spitzbergen Collection

Map / Arctic Circle C1880
Map of the Arctic Circle with details of explorations

Map of Spitsbergen, Norway
Map of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway Date: 1758

Spitzbergen, Norway
A large sailing vessel off the coast of Spitzbergen a northerly Norwegian Island in the Arctic Ocean - The lack of ice on the water indicates that this is likely to be in the summer

Norge Polar Flight
The Norge airship, hired from Italy by Amundsen, at the start of its flight over the North Pole. From Spitzbergen it made a 17-hour flight to Alaska

A stuffed and mounted Polar Bear at Somerleyton Hall near Lowerstoft, one of 57 bears shot in five weeks at Spitzbergen and in no-mans land by Sir Savile Crossley and Mr Arnold Pike. Date: 1905

NORTHERN NAVIGATION
The Navigation of the Northern Seas showing Spitzbergen and the coasts of Scandinavia and Russia Date: circa 1700

Young Polar Bear - Spitzbergen, Norway Date: circa 1910s

View from a cruise ship to an Ice Barier
View from a cruise to an Ice Barier, Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen) circa 1930

Iceberg in Kings Bay, Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen)
Floating iceberg in Kings Bay, Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen), Norway. circa 1930

Glacier of Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen), Magdalen Bay
A Glacier of Spitzbergen (Spitsbergen) at Magdalen Bay. Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. circa 1930

Face of glacier from Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen)
Postcard showing a glacier from Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen). circa 1930

Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen), Magdalen Bay
Postcard showing Spitzbergen (Spitsbergen) at Magdalen Bay. Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. circa 1930

Radio station demolished at Spitzbergen, Norway
Engineers demolishing the radio station at Spitzbergen, Norway. The raid, conducted by a mixed Canadian, British and Norwegian force

Pemmatites, lithistid sponge
This sponge originates from the Permian rocks of the Artic island of Spitzbergen

Smeerenburg at Danskerne, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Isefiorden, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Danskerne, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

View of Smeerenberg (i. e. Smeerenburg), Spitzbergen, Norway
View of Smeerenberg (i.e. Smeerenburg), Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Tverdalen at Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Drifting ice, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Tourists house, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Midnight sun in Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Andrees Station at Danskoen (i. e. Danskoya), Spitzbergen
Andrees Station at Danskoen (i.e. Danskoya), Spitzbergen, Norway. Date 1896 or 1897

Snebrae at Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Trapping in Advent Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway
A trapper at work in Advent Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway Date: circa 1907

The Dutch Arctic Expedition at Zeeuwsche Uitkyk, North Spitz
Engraving showing members of the Dutch Arctic Expedition ashore at Zeeuwsche Uitkyk, North Spitzbergen during 1878. The expeditions schooner Willem Barents can be seen in the background

The Dutch Arctic Exploration Ship Willem Barents, 1878
Engraving of the schooner Willem Barents in the drift ice, during the Dutch Arctic Expedition of 1878. This expedition, commanded by Lieutenant de Bruyne, explored Jan Mayen Island, Spitzbergen

NORGE IN ARCTIC
The Italian-built Norge of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile expedition which will fly from Spitzbergen to Alaska via the North Pole, making Amundsen the first to visit both Poles

Nobile / Airship / Spitzberg
Umberto Nobile flew the airship Norge over the North Pole in 1926. His second attempt in 1928 in Italia ended in a crash landing. Flying over Spitzbergen

Andrees Departure
Andree, with Strindberg and Fraenkel, leave Spitzbergen on their adventurous flight, hoping to reach the North Pole : they are depicted half an hour after lift-off

Andree Leaves Sweden
Andree and his expedition sail from Goteborg, Sweden, in the Virgo to Spitzbergen, whence they will - hopefully - fly to the North Pole in their balloon

Pre Andree Departure
Andree, with Strindberg and Fraenkel, make last-minute preparations at Spitzbergen for their flight : in a few moments they will be on their way to the North Pole

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