VLISSINGEN, the Netherlands – Tourists of the “Eco Volunteer, North Spitsbergen” trip organized by Oceanwide Expeditions have been cleaning the beaches of Northwest Spitsbergen. VLISSINGEN, the Netherlands – Tourists of the “Eco Volunteer, North Spitsbergen” trip organized by Oceanwide Expeditions have been cleaning the beaches of Northwest Spitsbergen. Tourists on this specially-designed cruise spend half of their cruise cleaning beaches of detritus washed up by the tide. Approximately 16 cubic metres of waste was collected from a total of 4.25nm of beach. 3 m3 more than the similar trip contributed on the same vessel – m/v Ortelius – last year. The garbage was sorted onboard and with the assistance of Sysselmannen and the Svalbard Environmental Fund it has now been disposed of in a proper manner.