With their endless glaciers and towering mountains, Albert I's land
and Haakon VII's land are among the most beautiful areas in Svalbard.
Cross Bay (Krossfjorden) and Magdalenefjorden are two tourist destinations
of cruising boats in Svalbard.
Danskøya Island was the starting point of the expedition
to the North Pole in balloon of Andrée.
Smeerenburg on Amsterdamøya Island was a settlement of Dutch
whalers in the 17th century.
Situated after the 80° latitude line, Moffen is a very important
haul-out (resting) area for walrus and an important nesting site
for birds.
Ny Friesland is the most frozen area of Spitsbergen (Åsgärd's
cap), also the least attended and the least charted.