Alkhornet, SvalbardAlkhornet rises sharply from the valley floor, its upper reaches lost in low cloud. The mountain sits on the western coast of Spitsbergen, not far from Longyearbyen, and it's a dramatic presence even by Svalbard standards. A steep pyramid of fractured rock and scree, softened only at its base where meltwater has allowed a surprising carpet of moss to take hold. The stream in the foreground picks its way through wet stones, fed by snowmelt from higher