Flowers of Svalbard

Download or read book Flowers of Svalbard written by Olav Gjærevoll and published by Tapir Academic Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Svalbard is the geographic name of the group of islands situated between latitudes 74 degrees N and 81 degrees N and longitudes 10 degrees E and 35 degrees E. The total land area of the islands within this archipelago comprises about 62,000 square kilometres. This manual explores the flowers of the region, the landscape of which consists of mighty, rugged mountains, with characteristic deep flanks. Flowers covered include the Polar Willow, Alpine Sandwort, Arctic Chickweed, Snow Buttercup, Polar Cress and Yellow Mountain Saxifrage.