Magdalenefjord Svalbard, Svalbard, Norway
5.0 (23 reviews) Spent Ranking #9 in Spitsbergen Bodies of Water
Once in a lifetime; a real beauty to be visited at midsummer.
You will not blieve your eyes when you see 4 gletsjers coming togheter in one fjord under the midsummernight sun. To live this view in this particular light is a priviledge. The best reason why we shloud save it from disappearing by the global warming.
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5.0 based on (23 reviews)
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5Grant 5:00 PM Sep 19, 2014
Fifty Walrus Can't be Wrong!
Anywhere else on earth, Magdalena Fjord would be stunning and even in Svalbard it is an outstandingly beautiful fjord which is over deepened at the end where there is the confluence of a number of really spectacular glaciers. What made it really special for us was just how close we could get to the ice fronts and how we could see the layer after layer of compressed blue ice... and massive ice caves down at sea level. Looking at the glaciers carefully we could see slight hints of colours... even greens... and we were astonished to learn that they were caused by microbes living in the ice. As we left... An entire heard of walruses breached in front of our boat and we watched for what seemed to be ages as they passed either side of the bows. Magdalenefjord is something really special. We definitely found that a close encounter with walrus in an isolate fjord surrounded by glaciers and with ice floating in the water at the ends of the earth... Really did it for us... We thought that it was a world-class experience. The only really down side is that... travel to the Fjord is very much weather dependant and is not guaranteed. Top tip; Don't expect too much... just let the place win you over by its magnificence.
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5Ingwar E 5:00 PM Jul 24, 2013
Magdalenefjord
This fjord is situated a half days boattrip north of Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Here you can see the glaziers and its blue ice. This wonderful little place also had a graveyard with about 300 graves of whalefishermen. The Norwegian police is guarding the graveyard every summer! If you are lucky you might see polar bears here!!
