Foreword

1. Preface
2. Introduction 
3. Travelling in Svalbard: Useful, practical and important information
      3.1 Seasons
      3.2 How to travel
      3.3 Tour operators 
      3.4 Clothing, hygiene & the environment, photography 
      3.5 Getting to Spitsbergen 
      3.6 Conservation, cultural heritage, protected areas, safety 
      3.7 Longyearbyen 
            3.7.7 From coal to space research: Longyearbyen through 100 years
4. Natural history 
      4.1 Geology 
      4.2 Geography, glaciers, permafrost 
      4.3 Oceanic currents 
      4.4 Sea ice 
      4.5 Driftwood, plastic pollution and environmental toxins 
      4.6 Climate and weather 
      4.7 Mammals
      4.8 Birds 
      4.9 Plants
5. History
      5.1 Vikings 
      5.2 Pomors 
      5.3 Willem Barentsz 
      5.4 Whaling in the 17th century 
      5.5 Early expeditions and science 
      5.6 Attempts to fly to the Pole: Virgohamna and Ny-Ålesund 
      5.7 Trappers 
      5.8 Whaling in the early 20th century 
      5.9 The Spitsbergen Treaty 
      5.10 Mining 5.11 The Second World War 
      5.12 Spitsbergen after the war
6. Fjords and islands, settlements and stations: The regions of Svalbard 
      6.1 Isfjord
      6.2 Forlandsund east side
      6.3 Prins Karls Forland 
      6.4 Kongsfjord 
      6.5 Krossfjord 
      6.6 The northern west coast
      6.7 Northwestern Spitsbergen 
      6.8 Raudfjord 
      6.9 The Woodfjord area 
      6.10 Moffen 
      6.11 Wijdefjord 
      6.12 Ny-Friesland, Verlegenhuken
      6.13 Sorgfjord 
      6.14 Hinlopenstretet 
      6.15 Nordaustland 
      6.16 Storøya, Kvitøya 
      6.17 Kong Karls Land 
      6.18 Spitsbergen's east coast, Storfjord 
      6.19 Barentsøya 
      6.20 Edgeøya 
      6.21 Tusenøyane, Halvmåneøya, Ryke Yseøyane 
      6.22 Hopen 
      6.23 Bjørnøya
      6.24 Sørkapp Land 
      6.25 Hornsund
      6.26 Hyttevika, Dunøyane, Isøyane, Kapp Borthen 
      6.27 Bellsund 
7. Arctic environmental problems 

Rolf Stange, a physical geographer, has built up a thorough knowledge of all aspects of Spitsbergen during more than 20 years of extensive travelling throughout the archipelago. This book is a labour of love and it has become a life's work for the author since the first edition on 2007. Rolf lives in Longyearbyen and Dresden.