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Spitsbergen Collection

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Map of Spitsbergen, Norway

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

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: View of the north coast of Spitsbergen island

View of the north coast of Spitsbergen island, Norway, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: View of the South Bay of Spitsbergen island, Norway

View of the South Bay of Spitsbergen island, Norway
View of sailing ships in the South Bay of Spitsbergen island, Norway. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Spitsbergen, Norway - Adventfjorden (Advent Bay)

Spitsbergen, Norway - Adventfjorden (Advent Bay). Depicted here is the former mining camp of Longyearbyen (located on its southwestern shore)

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Spitsbergen, Norway - Bellsund (Bell Sound)

Spitsbergen, Norway - Bellsund (Bell Sound)
Bellsund (Bell Sound) - a 20km long sound on the west coast of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: View from a cruise ship to an Ice Barier

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

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Iceberg in Kings Bay, Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen)

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

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Glacier of Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen), Magdalen Bay

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

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Face of glacier from Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen)

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

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen), Magdalen Bay

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

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Norway / Kecherche Bay

Norway / Kecherche Bay
Kecherche Bay, Spitsbergen: graves of Norwegian whalers Date: 1909

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Metasequoia occidentalis

Metasequoia occidentalis
Eocene fossil leaves from Spitsbergen. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Trapping in Advent Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway

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

Background imageSpitsbergen Collection: Franklin / Dorothea in Ice

Franklin / Dorothea in Ice
Lieutenant John Franklin on his first expedition: the Dorothea icebound not far from Spitsbergen. The expedition did bring back some valuable charts


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