Nordaustlandet is a large island which has
the two larger ice caps of Svalbard. Nordaustlandet is a part of the
North East Svalbard Nature Reserve.
The thickness of ice is of more than 560 m. A great part of the base
is under the sea level, just like in Greenland and in Antarctic.
The north of the island is composed of tundra. Populations of reindeers
and several colonies of walruses are found there.
Svartknausflya, on Nordaustlandet is a barren polar desert almost
devoid of vegetation. This area gets so little precipitation that
hardly any plant life can grow and survive.
Hinlopenstretet, passage between Spitzbergen and Nordaustlandet is
usually not frozen between july and october, but drifting ice may
fill it up in a day, depending of the direction of the wind.
NORDAUSTLANDET
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