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We spent 11 days aboard the MS Origo, which carried 12 passengers, six crew, and a captain, plus four nature guides. We would photograph either from the various decks on the ship or go out in zodiacs to get closer to the wildlife.
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The zodiac is not quite as close as it looks, this image was taken from the ship using a 600mm lens with a 1.4x extender, giving me 840mm, thus compacting the perspective.
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Brünnich's Guillemots
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Kittiwake with cod
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Glaucous Gull
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Common Guillemot
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Arctic Fulmar
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Kittiwake
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Black Backed Gull feasting on a Guillemot
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Black Guillemot
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Puffin
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Arctic Fulmar
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Guillemots fighting
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Gulls following the ship
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Glaucous Gulls
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Puffins
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Arctic Fulmar
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Kittiwake
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Walrus
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Bearded Seal
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Humpback Whale
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Walrus
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Fin Whale
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Harbour Seals
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Walrus
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Bearded Seal
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Blue Whale
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Harbour Seal
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Fin Whale
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Walrus
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Bearded Seal
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Bråsvellbreen Glacier
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Mist over Tommelbreen
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Pack ice
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Alkefjellet
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Lilliehöök Glacier Bay
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Ice Floes
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Alkefjellet
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Lilliehöök
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Ice floes in the far north of Svalbard
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Beverleysundet
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Somewhere beyond the distant horizon is Alaska
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Bråsvellbreen Glacier
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cfdbe75a-7981-4460-ae19-becf3266473c/e395d061-48ea-45d1-a5e8-63ce1aea9696_rw_3840.jpg?h=5701a008dbc3476aed734e6cf4e9e42e)
Longyearbyen, the world's most northerly town
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Svalbard from the air
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Mini Icebergs at Lilliehöök
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Tommeløya
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cfdbe75a-7981-4460-ae19-becf3266473c/d9d07e19-a2c3-4b40-b236-6d42e152b54a_rw_3840.jpg?h=69d5ab5f8becf138201515476026edc6)
Waterfall coming off Austfonna, the third largest ice shelf in the world