Sunday, September 02, 2018

Abandoned Huts and Reindeer


It was always good to get ashore and stretch one's legs.

At Kinnvika in Murchinsonfjorden there were huts from a 1957-8 Swedith / Finnish / Swiss expedition (currently abandoned):


One of them was open so we could have a look inside. Outside there were reindeer:


They were some of the Svalbard reindeer which is a distinct subspecies that has adapted to the particularly cold harsh climate of those islands.

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