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\"Photo<\/a>
Polar Front at anchor while we land at Smeerenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We had passed Smeerenburg<\/a> (Blubber town), a historical whaling station on our passage north when the priority was to get to the ice for Polar bear. On our return a landing was planned to see the historical. site and to photograph the walrus hauled out on the beach. There had also been talk of a Polar bear in the area feeding on a walrus carcass. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Polar<\/a>
Polar bear paw print on the beach at Smeerenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It didn’t take long to find evidence that one had been prowling the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Polar<\/a>
Polar bear paw prints on the beach at Smeerenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We had our ever vigilant armed guides keeping an eye out for our safety so could relax and explore the area a little.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The site of the Smeerenburg settlement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

There is nothing left of the historical whaling town with the only structures being a navigation beacon, an information board showing a map of the old settlement and some collections of rock where rendering ovens were.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Information<\/a>
Information panel showing a map of the Smeerenburg settlement <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The information panel gives an idea of the layout of the settlement with buildings and blubber rendering ovens. At its height there were 16-17 buildings and a fort to defend against Danish and other interests in the area. Smeerenburg declined from the 1640s with depletion of the whale population and it was abandoned in 1660. The area was incorporated into of\u00a0Norway’s North-West Spitsbergen National Park in 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Walrus<\/a>
Walrus haul out on the beach at Smeerenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We spent some time enjoying watching the walrus and trying to find some photos and I will include a post on that.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Humans<\/a>
Humans and walrus resting on the beach at Smeerenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Photos with Nikon Z8 and Nikkor Z 24-200mm f4-6.3 VR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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