Ice front
Blue ice.
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Nordenskiöld Glacier is a large glacier on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago, lying between Dickson Land and Bünsow Land, about 61 km in a straight line north-east of Longyearbyen. It is about 25 km long and 11 km wide. It is named after the Finland-Swedish geologist Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, one of the best-known Arctic explorers of the 19th century. The glacier flows south-west to end in Adolfbukta, a branch of Billefjorden, in a blue ice front that sheds chunks into the water. Summer boat trips from Longyearbyen approach the glacier front, where visitors see the ice wall and floating pieces of ice, and may spot seals and seabirds. Higher up, adventurers walk on the ice with guides among crevasses and blue meltwater streams, surrounded by treeless rocky mountains. It is reached on paid guided trips, often combined with nearby Pyramiden. Never walk on the ice without a guide and equipment, and bring warm, waterproof clothes even in summer.
Blue ice.
On the surface.
Near the ice.
Billefjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Only with a guide and equipment.
On a guided boat trip from Longyearbyen.