The view of Adventfjorden just off the main road in Longyearbyen became ‘my own Svalbard view’ from the very first time I glimpsed it, and it was truly mesmerising. So I kept going back to it.

A one-day boat tour down Billefjorden, north of Longyearbyen, through Sassenfjorden, toward Pyramiden; a walk on the fjord ice; wildlife sightings; our guide Hans.