Isfjorden (Svalbard)

It lies on the west side of Spitsbergen, an island in the Arctic Ocean about midway between Norway and the North Pole, and the largest in the archipelago.

The mountain of Alkhornet stands on the northern side of the entrance to the fjord, as does the coastal plain of Daudmannsøyra.

Around the fjord lie many of the largest settlements in Svalbard: Barentsburg, Longyearbyen (on the Adventfjorden) and Pyramiden.

All were either driven off by armed English ships or were forced to pay a fine of some sort.

Seventeen men died in Svenskehuset, now the oldest house on Spitsbergen.