Tempelfjorden 3

 

tempelfjorden - again

 

One week off from our studies at UNIS.

So i needed to use the time and go out.

luckily i found 6 more people to join and we started a trip to Tempelfjorden again.

it doesn't matter how often i go there, i think this is always an amazing hike for a shorter time period.

an it was an amaing trip again.

 

The first snow, was covering the tundra, so we tried to bring a Pulka - stupid idea how we thought after the first few meters...

... Until we reached Adventelva, the ice on the river allowed us to pull all the heavy stuff behind us.

The moon never set

And Sassendalen was a huge desert, like in my memories

crossing the frozen river is not a problem this time

And the first time, we tried the way along the coast to Tunabreen and found some interesting ice sculptures

Tempelfjorden in awesome clear and sunny weather

Finally, Tunabreen

And a nice sunset in the end of the Polar day

 

ice caving - the world inside the glacier

 

the stories about amazing ice caves from the "old" students fascinated me all the time.

So I went on the glaciers behind our barracks and searched for every kind of hole which disappears inside the glacier and might be an entry to such a cave.

 

I found 2 on Larsbreen and 3 on Longyearbreen...and with each ice cave another fascinating world inside the glaciers.

Soon, the ice caves became famous again, and the groups who wanted to see them became large

headlamps and helmets became rare, and a new hobby for UNIS students were found :)

here the entry of the moraine cave on Longyearbreen

 

Sometimes the caves ended as deep holes with water on the bottom

Sometimes we needed to climb inside

And sometimes we needed to squeeze

but every cave was unique

even so, some of them didn't look like caves

And some were more like a crevass