Landscape, Svalbard - 1
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The sheltered bay of Fleur de Lyshamna at the entrance of Van Keulenfjorden. This is a bay that was the site of a Beluga whale fishery in the 1930's, when whales came into the bay a seine net was rowed out by boats and then hauled in.
The cabin belongs to the governor of Svalbard.
Photo; © Paul Ward - These are pictures from a cruise around Svalbard inside the Arctic Circle in high summer.