Svalbard – Roumazeilles.net https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress Technology opinions and others Tue, 09 Oct 2018 20:33:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Polar bear https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/20/polar-bear/ https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/20/polar-bear/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:29:52 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=12844 Polar bear
Polar bear

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus, ours polaire)
Svalbard, June 2013.

]]> https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/20/polar-bear/feed/ 0 Polar fox https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/18/polar-fox/ https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/18/polar-fox/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:20:51 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=12838 One of the nicest and cutest little mammals is observable in the Svalbard archipelago. This one was so unafraid that it came in the middle of our group in order to pee, clearly meaning “this is MY place; You’re just invited here”.

Arctic fox
Polar fox
Polar fox
Arctic fox
Arctic fox
Polar fox

Polar fox or arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus, renard polaire)
Svalbard, June 2013.

]]> https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/18/polar-fox/feed/ 0 Polar bear, king of Svalbard https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/16/polar-bear-king-of-svalbard/ https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/16/polar-bear-king-of-svalbard/#respond Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:04:46 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=12832 Our paths crossed those of several bears (four at the end of the trip) in very different weather conditions. But it was possible to shoot some snapshots of the king of the North.

Polar bear
Polar bear
Polar bear
Polar bear

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus, ours polaire)
Svalbard, June 2013.

]]> https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/16/polar-bear-king-of-svalbard/feed/ 0 Svalbard reindeer https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/14/svalbard-reindeer/ https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/14/svalbard-reindeer/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2013 22:53:37 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=12825 Sometimes, it is said that if Santa Claus lives at the North Pole, his reindeers come from Svalbard. And we met some of them, of course.

Reindeer
Reindeer
Reindeer
Reindeer
Reindeer
Reindeer
Reindeer
Reindeer

Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus, renne or caribou).
Svalbard, June 2013.

]]> https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/14/svalbard-reindeer/feed/ 0 Svalbard: A seal https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/12/svalbard-a-seal/ https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/12/svalbard-a-seal/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:00:37 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=12821 Spitzberg - Svalbard
Map of the Spitzberg archipelago

It was a long time in coming, would say some of the obsevrers here. Here come some photos brought back from a wildlife destination much colder than my usual travels of the past. No big cat in the icy Svalbard archipelago.

It was in June this year (2013) that I traveled to Spitzberg while the last ice just left, in the hope of observing polar bears in their natural habitat. We arrived in Longyearbyen to take a boat cruising to the Western then the North cost of these islands. A few days at sea.

The local fauna is infintely less developed than in Eastern Africa but it is not totally absent (less than in some of our French forests). After the sea birds, we were hoping to meet seals (and other pinnipeds) but we could photograph only this seal who was curious of what we were doing when stopping to go on shore.

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]]> https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/12/12/svalbard-a-seal/feed/ 0 Polar bear: King of the Artic world https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/02/24/polar-bear-king-of-the-artic-world/ https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2013/02/24/polar-bear-king-of-the-artic-world/#respond Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:22:12 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=11297 The polar bear is a fascinating animal. Marion Jonchères presents it in a photo and video documentary.



L'Ours Polaire – roi de l'Arctique par mjoncheres

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