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Svalbard Tag

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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
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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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  1. machunter on Sunda Clouded Leopards: Some Remarkable Videos7 September 2025

    I cannot open the videos but the still image of the leopard and porcupine remind me of our observation (reported…

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    Great report and photos. Taiwan is great so I hope this inspires more visitors.

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    Thanks for reporting back Evan - super helpful. And glad you have seen some already

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