Welcome to my blog live from Trondheim and Svalbard. I have been lucky enough to be invited by the Norwegian Coastal Administration and the MarSafe North project to participate on this tour on KV Svalbard from the 9th to the 16th of August. The main objective of the tour is to investigate potential port of refuge at Svalbard, with regards to environmental vulnerability, sea bottom conditions, sea map coverage (ENC), communication infrastructure etc. I will try to update the blog every day, provided that communication links are available.... :-) Please do not hesitate to add comments.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Svalbards national day, 14th of August!

Congratulations Svalbard! The 14th of August is the national day of Svalbard. 85 years ago Svalbard was included in the Norwegian territory, the law of Svalbard was established and the Norwegian flag was hoisted on Skjæringa in Longyearbyen. This was 5 years after Norway had obtained sovereignty at Svalbard through the Svalbardtreaty, on Febuary 9th 1920.

More pictures:
KV Svalbard's light weight boat (sjøbjørn) has been in action every day.
Sjøbjørn
Preparing for a cold experience...
John Morten and Rakel are documenting and discussing
Rolv Enger, port captain in Svea
Meeting with Store Norske
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