Meltwater Waterfall, AlkefjelletAlkefjellet is a remarkable cliff face on the north coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Most people know it for the vast seabird colonies that nest along its basalt columns, but this meltwater waterfall caught my attention on a different level entirely. The columnar rock here is vertically fractured and stained with iron oxide, giving those amber and rust streaks against otherwise dark grey stone. Glacial meltwater pours down the sheer face into a