Pictures of the Blomstrand camp
The second base camp was the Blomstrand camp. Situated on the Kongsfjorden, to the west of Spitzbergen, opposite the town of Ny-Ålesund, it was right on the beach. There was no snow surrounding this camp whilst the Conway glacier was close.
The departure of the first trekking group
The Blomstrand camp from the hills
Whisky on the rocks: a good idea by Kent
The barbecue on the last day of the camp
The bathroom for men of the second base camp
The “door” of the bathroom in the second camp
To the Pole in t-shirt: who says it’s cold in Svalbard? 🙂
The trekking group: waiting the rubber rafts