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Nordenskjøldbree, Norway

cover photo by Gambacciani_FotoInViaggio

Location added by Gambacciani_FotoInViaggio

The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

Rank : 9.0 (average on 1 votes)

Coordinates : 78.654222, 16.921710 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : I'm talking about the incredible wall of ice coming to the sea, in the fjord of Billenfjorden. It is a gigantic tongue that descends from the center of the island of Spitsbergen forming 2 coves divided by a rocky peninsula. This wall is the one you see as a background in many of Pyramiden's photos. Until a few decades ago the ice wall was much more advanced than it is now, and the ice covered this rocky peninsula and extended into the open sea. Today, due to climate change, the water is too hot and the ice resists only above the earth or rock and as soon as it comes into contact with the water melts. This wall of ice, thousands of years old, provides remarkable photographic insights, because of the many colors and new shapes that create ice. occasionally you can spot bears and even whales

Recommended equipment : Even if you talk about landscape photos, you shoot especially with the telephoto lens, and it can be useful even a very pushed one. I used the 150-600 a lot, because that's how you capture the textures and the games that create the ice. the picture together with the wide-angle know little. then it's all about how close the boat can get, but for safety it's impossible to go right underneath.

Best months : certainly in the summer months, when the fjords are navigable and when the sun hits the ice enhancing the colors and maybe even causing pieces to crash into the sea

How to get there : There you go by boat crossing the great fjord and you can stop in front. There are excursions that depart regularly from Longyearbyen.

Visits : Always available, at least until global warming destroys it

Notes : This area, like all the Svalbard Islands, is outside the Schengen free movement agreements and you must be accompanied by an armed local guide to get out of the inhabited areas.

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