Previously in Svalbard

“It can even be argued that the success and failure of different British expeditions of the period reflects the degree to which they were, and were not, imaginatively captured by a vision of the Arctic as bleak, blank, hostile. Those explorers least able to perceive the Arctic as it was – indifferent rather than harsh, full rather than empty, a problematic dwelling space rather than a moral playground – were also least likely to survive there.”

„Man könnte sogar behaupten, dass der Erfolg und das Scheitern verschiedener britischer Expeditionen dieser Zeit den Grad widerspiegelt, in dem sie von einer Vision der Arktis als düster, leer und feindlich erfasst wurden oder nicht. Diejenigen Entdecker, die am allerwenigsten in der Lage waren, die Arktis so wahrzunehmen, wie sie war – eher unnachgiebig als rau, eher reich als leer, eher ein problematischer Lebensraum als ein moralischer Spielplatz – hatten auch am wenigsten Chancen, dort zu überleben.“

Spufford, 1996: 58. – own translation

2019, Trygghamna

Trygghamna has been used as a safe harbour since the early 17th century.
Trygghamna has been used as a safe harbour since the early 17th century.
The bones of a former walrus slaughter site have provided nutrients for the vegetation.
The bones of a former walrus slaughter site have provided nutrients for the vegetation.
Sitting still to study bones is a cold job even on a calm day.
Sitting still to study bones is a cold job even on a calm day.
While Rosanne van Bodegom records walrus skulls for her Master dissertation, Svalbard reindeer feed on the vegetation.
While Rosanne van Bodegom records walrus skulls for her Master dissertation, Svalbard reindeer feed on the vegetation.
Lying at the surface for centuries, these weathered walrus bones nonetheless hold archaeological information.
Lying at the surface for centuries, these weathered walrus bones nonetheless hold archaeological information.
Scientists are tourists, too. We paid a visit to Alkhornet, a steep bird cliff at the mouth of Trygghamna.
Scientists are tourists, too. We paid a visit to Alkhornet, a steep bird cliff at the mouth of Trygghamna.
Simple recording goes a long way to make sense of the former walrus slaughter site.
Simple recording goes a long way to make sense of the former walrus slaughter site.
Walrus bones of enormous dimensions.
Walrus bones of enormous dimensions.
Snow at the campsite in Longyearbyen at the beginning of September.
Snow at the campsite in Longyearbyen at the beginning of September.
Snow at the campsite in Longyearbyen at the beginning of September.
Snow at the campsite in Longyearbyen at the beginning of September.
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2016, Advent City

Copyright: Rosanne van Bodegom
Boat transfer to the site.
Copyright: Rosanne van Bodegom
Arrival on site.
Copyright: Elisabeth Leusink
Vegetation survey.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Vegetation survey.
Copyright: Lydia Messingfeld
Vegetation survey.
Vegetation survey.
Vegetation survey.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Camp with view of Longyearbyen in the midnight sun.
The kitchen tent.
The kitchen tent.
All mod cons.
All mod cons.
Copyright: Martha de Jong
Preparing for a trip to town (Longyearbyen) – and the washing machine!
Copyright: Bardo Cornfelder
Backfilling the trenches while observing a reindeer.
Backfilling the trenches during the bear-related evacuation of the site.
Backfilling the trenches during the bear-related evacuation of the site.
Archaeological excavation of the dung heaps.
Archaeological excavation of the dung heaps.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Archaeological excavation of the dung heaps.
Archaeological excavation of the dung heaps.
Archaeological excavation of the dung heaps.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Archaeological excavation of the dung heaps.
Copyright: Martha de Jong
Archaeological excavation of the dung heaps.
Copyright: Rosanne van Bodegom
Archaeological excavation of the dung heaps.
Photographic survey of the mine entrance.
Photographic survey of the mine entrance.
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2015, Scientific Expedition Edgeøya Svalbard (SEES.nl)

Kraussbukta. Fieldwork in the evening sun.
Kraussbukta. Fieldwork in the evening sun.
Kraussbukta. Fieldwork in the evening sun.
Kraussbukta. Fieldwork in the evening sun.
Copyright: Ronald Visser
Kraussbukta. Drawing the remains and sampling the soil.
Kraussbukta. Drawing the archaeological remains.
Kraussbukta. Drawing the archaeological remains.
Kraussbukta. Opening a test pit.
Kraussbukta. Opening a test pit.
Kraussbukta. Soil sampling.
Kraussbukta. Soil sampling.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Kraussbukta. Soil sampling.
Dolerittneset. In the company of walrus.
Dolerittneset. In the company of walrus.
Dolerittneset. Looking for insects.
Dolerittneset. Looking for insects.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Dolerittneset. Looking for insects.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Dolerittneset. Soil sampling under tourist supervision.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Dolerittneset. Soil sampling under tourist supervision.
Dolerittneset. Sub-sampling a soil core.
Dolerittneset. Sub-sampling a soil core.
Dolerittneset. Sub-sampling a soil core.
Dolerittneset. Sub-sampling a soil core.
Dolerittneset. Taking a soil core.
Dolerittneset. Taking a soil core.
Dolerittneset. Taking a soil core.
Dolerittneset. Taking a soil core.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Dolerittneset. Soil sampling.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Dolerittneset. Soil sampling.
Dolerittneset. The hut remains and the fieldwork team.
Dolerittneset. The hut remains and the fieldwork team.
Dolerittneset. Soil sampling.
Dolerittneset. Soil sampling.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Dolerittneset. Soil sampling and topographic survey.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Dolerittneset. Soil sampling.
Dolerittneset. Testing the metal detector.
Dolerittneset. Testing the metal detector.
Dolerittneset. Pausing during the site walkover.
Dolerittneset. Pausing during the site walkover.
Copyright: Frigga Kruse
Andréetangen. “Remote sensing” in archaeology while a polar bear is on shore.
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