NORTH PART OF SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO

The pictures were shot in Adventfjorden area. Hard bottom pics were taken on the erosion platforn under high clifs berween

Longearbyen and Colesbukta (close to Grumant settlement). The platform is several meters deep and there are strong tidal currents.

Soft bottom pics were taken in front of Longyearbyen Airport, in small, shallow (6 m deep) bay. The soft-bottom epifauna and infauna is

abundant and diverse here thanks to low level of inorganic sedimentation.