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Arctic Ocean, Svalbard: New Rules Give More Space for Sailors

Reprinted with Permission from author, and high-latitude sailor, Jon Amtrup. The pristine environment on Svalbard is under constant threat from climate change and now the Norwegian government has issued new...

Published 2 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago

Environment: Norwegian Sailor wins Award for Climate Change Story

Source: Afloat.ie Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, located on top of the world, roughly midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. Glaciers on Svalbard have...

Published 3 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago

Norway: Norwegian Pilot Books Now Available online

The Norwegian Chart Organization is issuing all the pilot books for Norway for free in an electronic version you can download. The eight volumes consist of sailing directions for the...

Published 9 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago

Norway: Norwegian Pilot Guide currently free to download

© http://kartverket.no/ The Norwegian Pilot Guide is to be revised and more customized for the professional user, however until the revised editions are published, the current pdf versions of the...

Published 12 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago

Ice packs and little auks: from Greenland to Spitsbergen

Vagabond is now back in Longyearbyen, after a summer on the East coast of Greenland, as a logistical base for 2 scientific projects. After over 9 months frozen in ice...

Published 20 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago

The Governor of Svalbard

Published 2 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago
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