It took two days of +4° temperatures and rain to melt most of the snow around Nybyen and Longyearbyen.
The transformation from crisp snowy whites and blues to soggy and sticky browns and greys was pretty stark.
The river, which had been frozen, turned into a roaring torrent as the melt raced downhill to the fjord.
The past days have been 12° above the average daily temperatures – I am absolutely raging at the absolute stupidity of it all.
[The up side is that even though today is still above zero, snow has been falling steadily – fingers crossed it sticks around a bit.]