svalbard Posts

2023 Nature TTL Photographer of the Year: 16 Winning Pics

Location: Svalbard, Norway Image source: Nature TTL Photographer of the Year The world's third-largest ice cap, Austfonna, is located on Nordaustlandet Island in Norway's Svalbard archipelago and encompasses around 8,000 square kilometers.

National Geographic's Photographer of the Year Winners

Photo - Scott Portelli [related_articles] Environmental Issues Category 1 st Place - The remains of a polar bear, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Photo - Vadim Balakin 2 nd Place - Salt ponds, Ravenswood, California, United States.

These Photographs of the Night Sky Will Leave You In Awe

Click on images to enlarge "Auroral Crown" by Yulia Zhukova Location: Murmansk, Russia "A Battle We Are Losing" by Haitong Yu Location: Beijing, China "An Icy Moonscape" by Kris Williams Location: Capel Curig, Snowdonia National Park, Conwy, UK "Aurora over Svea" by Agurtxane Concellon Location: Svea, Svalbard

2015's Best Nature Photos are a True Feast for the Eyes

Nordaustlandet iceberg in Svalbard, Norway 4. A view from the bottom of Antelope Canyon in Arizona, USA 5. “The Twelve Apostles” in Port Campbell National Park, Australia 6. Gorgeous sunset over Mount Fitz Roy in Patagonia, Chile 7. The Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California, USA 8.

10 Gorgeous Islands With Great Stories to Tell...

Spitsbergen Spitzbergen is the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago in northern Scandinavia, where the capital of Svalbard – Longyearbyen, is located.

Stunning Moments of Animal Migration That Left Me in Awe...

Bats In Motion Over the Zambian Skies source 20) Wildebeest Crossing the Mara River of Northern Serengeti source 21) Flamingoes Forming a Self-Portrait Along the Yucatán Peninsula source 22) Monarch Butterflies Clouding the Skies of Mexico source 23) Walruses Migrating the Freezing Arctic Oceans of Svalbard

Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024: 18 Winning Pics

Florian Ledoux After a day of playful hunting in Svalbard, a polar bear takes a break on the ice floes. 6. Third Place, Ocean Portfolio Award.

Get Out! 10 Fascinating Places You're Not Allowed to Enter

Svalbard Seed Vault Plunging more than 320 feet into a mountain between Norway and the North Pole, the Svalbard Seed Vault holds a huge collection of seeds in a vault which has been designed to withstand man-made and natural disasters.

15 Intriguing Facts About the World Around Us

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located in one of the coldest corners of the world - an island on the Svalbard archipelago, between Norway and the North Pole.

Incredible Wildlife Moments Frozen in Time: 14 Pics

Highly Commended, Oceans: The Bigger Picture Thomas Vijayan’s drone captured the awe-inspiring scale of the Bråsvellbreen glacier, part of the Austfonna ice cap in Svalbard, Norway.

21 Photos from The World's Most Beautiful Historical Sites

Whaler’s Hut, Svalbard, Norway - Chris Dobbs image source: mymodernmet Historic Photographer of the Year Contest 2018 Winners amazing photos, design and photography, world tours, culture and art, historical sites, photography competition, World places For professional photographers, historical sites

Best Photo of 2020 Contest: 16 Awe-Striking Photographs

Sleepy Polar Bear Location: Svalbard, Norway Image Source: @uglefisk / Agora 12. Empty Streets Location: San Francisco, USA Image Source: @leemumford8 / Agora 13. Two Elements Location: Moscow, Russia Image Source: @sergeytolmachev / Agora 14. 

The World is Full of Unique Places, But These 8 Stand Out

A town where you cannot die Longyearbyren, Svalbard is one of the world's northernmost settlements and a place where you cannot officially die. Though there is a cemetery in town, it hasn't been used in 70 years.

These Photos Well Deserve to Be Called "Best of the Year"

Igor Voronkin surfaces at the Barentsburg coal mine on Spitsbergen, in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. Like most of the 400 workers, he’s from eastern Ukraine. Evgenia Arbugaeva [related_articles] 22. A refugee family lives amid the rubble in Ramadi, an Iraqi city leveled by ISIS’s destruction.

Mesmerizing Winners of the 2024 Color Photography Contest

An Arctic expedition in Svalbard. All images: 1839 Awards 12 Award-Winning Photos That Burst with Life and Color photography, travel. beautiful, photography competition, award winning photos, 1839 color photography awards Check out the exceptional winners of the 1839 Color Photography Awards.

2021 Nature Photographer of the Year – 20 Stunning Pics

Location: Southern Coast of Spain "White Wedding" by Roie Galitz, Winner, Category: Black and White Image source: Nature Photographer of the Year Polar bears in courtship, during a whiteout in Svalbard.

Incredible Undersea Photography: 16 Award-Winning Pics

Location: Svalbard, Norway 3. Andrei Savin, Runner Up Ocean Photographer of the Year. Image source: Ocean Photographer of the Year A crab sits in the center of a sea anemone as it sways in ocean current. Location: Philippines 4. Merche Llobera, Female Fifty Fathoms.

These Aerial Shots Salute the Unique Beauty of Our World

They are on their way to the breeding grounds on Svalbard in the Arctic. “ Verso l'Infinito Insieme a Te (I love you to infinity)” by Matteo Originale. First Place, Wedding.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021: 17 Stunning Images

Related: 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Winners - 20 Photos Breath of an Arctic Fox by Marco Gaiotti, Italy Image source: Natural History Museum/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year The breath of this little arctic fox in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, was quickly freezing in the air after each call the