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Bird Cliffs of Spitsbergen - Fuglefjellet

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Our boatman-guide turned the PolarCirkel toward a nesting area that was close to the water. He brought the boat in close to shore and moved to the bow, where he told us about the nesting habits of Guillemots (Uria lomvia), the birds that we were about to see.

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