The sheer number of birds was mind boggling! A bit noisy too. We were advised to keep our mouths closed while shooting up, at it was common to be "blessed" by the birds (and we were.)

Interesting. Like this year round, or only mating and/or nesting season?
Nice photos

Thanks.
I think it is only during nesting season. Svalbard is in the Arctic circle. I was there in June. The cliffs are covered in snow and ice in the winter.

In this photo these birds are still waiting for their cliffs to emerge from the remaining snow.

A few... Very cool!

I really like that first image showing the scale of the cliffs versus the inflatable.

Butlerkid said:

I really like that first image showing the scale of the cliffs versus the inflatable.

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Yes it's great with inflatable, unusual too.

Butlerkid said:

I really like that first image showing the scale of the cliffs versus the inflatable.

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And they just keep going higher!

It's impossible to really show the size of these cliffs in a photo. They are several kilometers long and 100 meters high. There are also glaucous gulls and kittiwakes on these cliffs. Drifting in the zodiac was a lot of fun!

That's a bunch of birds. Looks like fun. Though a bit chilly.

Very nice! They look a lot like the Murres we have here in the US pacific northwest. D
ramatic landscape nicely captured!