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May 2005
© Bill Corner
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Image 0: Coming into land at the Constable Point air strip
Image 1: Arriving at Constable Point.
Image 2: Looking up to the head of Sodal
Image 3: A view over towards Sodal and the peaks of Liverpool Land
Image 4: Skyscape over Hurry
Image 5: Dad outside our tent at the Kalkdal camp
Image 6: Casiope (Casiope hypnoides). This plant covered large areas of the tundra. When you stood on it it released a wonderful spicy aroma.
Image 7: Kalkdal
Image 8: View up Kalkdal looking towards the glacier
Image 9: The glacier at the head of Kalkdal. Not a very interesting photograph, but this was the first glacier I've ever seen - or touched.
Image 10: Alpine Catchfly (Lychnis alpina)
Image 11: A view over Hurry Inlet looking into Kalkdal
Image 12: A curious Arctic fox cub. It saw me and came toward me, after it got within 15 feet it turned tail and ran away.
Image 13: Banks of fireweed in Ryders Elv
Image 14: Dwarf fireweed (Epilobium latifolium)
Image 15: Ryders Elv at the head of Hurry Inlet
Image 16: Crossing the Ryders Elv river. The water never got above our knees, but it did take an hour our so to negotiate all the river braids. Our feet were very chilled by the end of it.
Image 17: Clouds over Jameson Land
Image 18: Lapland lousewort (Pedicularis lapponica)
Image 19: Gentiana tenella
Image 20: The lush greenery of Ugleelv in Jameson Land. A big contrast to the rugged terrain of Liverpool Land on the east side of Hurry Inlet
Image 21: Flaming lousewort (Pedicularis flammea)
Image 22: Moss campion (Silene acaulis)
Image 23: Gaselv, another lush valley in Jameson Land
Image 24: Harebell (Campanula giesekiana)
Image 25: An Arctic hare
Image 26: Purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia)
Image 27: Arctic sunflower (Arnica alpina)
Image 28: Hairy lousewort (Pedicularis hirsuta)
Image 29: Arctic buttercup
Image 30: The sun in (very) late evening over Jameson Land
Image 31: A self portrait. Just in here to make up the numbers. I was 16 at the time, so it's just as well you can't really see me