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17 July 2025
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Polar bear sightings Svalbard-is it worth it?

Hi I’m thinking of making a trip to Svalbard to try and see some polar bears. I was wondering whether it is worth it with the new distances visitors now have to keep (500m).

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20 June 2025
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svalbard and northern norway, 2025:

Klil zaitlin, mammals and birds. 6 days in svalbards and 3 days in tromso and andenes with a few nice mammals.

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3 November 2024
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Arctic and Antartic deals

I just discovered that Albatros Expeditions has som great deals on trips to the Arctic and Antarctic. It might be of interes to mammalwatchers. And no I’m not working for Alb

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7 August 2024
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Svalbard, Northern Norway and Finland

End of May to mid-June 2024, we spend three weeks exploring the North of Europe. For the first part of the trip, we did a cruise with Oceanwide Expeditions starting from Vlissingen

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6 July 2024
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Bowheads & Bears Cruise, Svalbard 2024

I’ve been a tiny bit obsessed with seeing a Bowhead Whale for as long as I can remember and I’m not sure why. Maybe it is because they are the longest-lived mammal on the plane

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23 June 2024
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Oceanwide Expeditions Svalbard Pre-tour Manual 2024

Ruta and me joined Oceanwide Expeditions in June 2024 onboard the Hondius for their “North Spitsbergen Explorer – Polar Bears , Bowhead Whales & more” (6 days / 7 nights)

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17 October 2023
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Svalbard July 2022

2 weeks in Svalbard – Polar Bears, Walrus, Arctic Fox

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13 March 2023
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Want to cruise Western Svalbard with me in June 2024? Bowhead Whales and Polar Bears

I’ve wanted to see Bowhead Whales for as long as I can remember but they are a not an easy species to find, especially now that Russia it out of bounds for most of us. So I w

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14 June 2021
Europe and the Palearctic
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New Trip Report: Western Spitsbergen, 2019

Here’s a report from Jon Swenson. Western Spitsbergen, 2019: Jon Swenson, 4 days & 13 species including Blue, Beluga and Bowhead Whales. Jon

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22 May 2021
Europe and the Palearctic
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Recommendation for Svalbard Arctic Cruise

Hi everyone! My soon-to-be-wife and I are looking to take a trip this July to Svalbard for arctic mammals. my targets would be: #1 – Polar Bear of course!! 2. Walrus 3. Narwh

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A November weekend near Barcelona
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  1. Matt Pep on A November weekend near Barcelona21 August 2025

    Cant really help you, but can say that ibex are rather easy to see at Montserrat. One morning should be…

  2. JanEbr on A November weekend near Barcelona21 August 2025

    I have no idea about ibex and chamoix around Barcelona, but I have seen a genet pretty quickly on a…

  3. Lennartv on Uganda June/July 202521 August 2025

    If you were to return to Uganda you may find anomalure to be more easier than usual because at Semliki…

  4. Lennartv on Which telelens for Madagascar? 150 – 600 eq. or 225 – 900 eq.?21 August 2025

    With a 1.4 extender you'd be looking at F9.0 maximum. Personally I can still do a lot with that, but…

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