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Travel Blogs from Svalbard, Norway
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Longyearbreen glacier walk...
This is a top pick! ... order to ensure that I got a window seat. The Lonely Planet describes the descent to Longyearbyen, the main settlement in Svalbard, as "otherworldly" provided the weather's clear. Unfortunately it was quite cloudy for me, but there were enough gaps to ...
Tempelfjorden cruise...
This is a top pick! ... was relatively small and would have been crammed had the maximum number of seventy been there. Most of the people who visit Svalbard are from Norway or Sweden, and this trip was no different as I was the only person whose first language was English. It ...
Superb walk to Trollsteinen
This is a top pick! ... tired, I felt exhilerated at what had been one of the walks of my life. Not even England's loss in the football could dampen my spirits (ok maybe it did for 10 minutes or so), as I was enjoying myself and Svalbard was certainly living up to ...
Cruise to Barentsburg...
This is a top pick! I was aching all over when I woke up on Sunday morning, and I could quite happily have stayed in bed, but I had a full day cruise to look forward to so I eventually got up. For the first time since my arrival, the weather was quite poor with thick clouds ...
Hike to Platafjellet...
This is a top pick! ... of hours in the superb museum near the harbour. It featured interesting sections on such things as glaciers, mining, and the events in Svalbard during World War 2. I timed it to perfection in truth, as I was just finishing when a bus load of old English ...
Accident in the Glaciology Course!!!
This trip was one of the programmed excursions included into the Glaciology Course that we took in Svalbard. What we did not know was that it was going to be such a cold day (only -27ºC, but with strong winds and the adition of the windchill ...
25 days of adventure in the true north!!!!
... so here they are =) brief details of our trip from 20.7-15.8.2008 to svalbard spitsbergen, 1. day plane: vienna - munich - oslo - longyearbyen 2. day resting and organizational ...
Nordenskjöld
Guillermo went alone on this trip, as Bea was feeling too lazy that day. As one of the highest mountains in the surroundings of the town, from the top you can enjoy a very nice view, except if the day is cloudy and windy...as of course was that day. ...
Alesund at entry to number of fjords
NorthCape and Fjords visited August 3rd-16th aboard Fred Olsen's Balmoral Alesund is an attractive town with varied architecture on a promintory at the entrance to a number of fjords, surrounded by spectacular scenery. Climb to viewing point and ...
Cruise with the Stockholm
... weeks cruise with the ship Stockholm, which turned into a beautiful experience. It was almost his first contact with Svalbard, and gave him the chance to see wonderful floating glacier fronts, climb mountains surrounded by glaciers, walk across bedieres ...
Plateau Berget
It was one of these strange experiences that one can always remember. Following the route that we had planed, we went up the hill to know the satellite station. But that day was so foggy that we could hardly see more than 5 meters away. Kind of scary, ...
Leaving Svalbard
... them. We went back to hotel, had a coke and some chocolate and then boarded the bus to the airport. Ate lunch at the airport after checking in then boarded the plane for the flight via Tromso to Oslo. Good clear day so more pics of Svalbard from the ...
Friendly seagull
A very nice seagull...standing on the balcony of our Norwegian and Danish friends, Hilde and Sigve. They even liked to eat from their hands (what Bea checked ...
Longyearbyen, the solitary Norwegian town
... . Due to its consideration as a key activity to maintain the healthy life of Longyearbyen, political centre of Svalbard as a Norwegian territory, the University receives a priority treatment even compared to other Norwegian Universities, in topics like ...
Gruvefjellet, the snow avalanche
As a landscape, this was maybe one of the most beautiful days we had in Svalbard. However, we always enjoy a bit of risk in any adventure, so...why not being exposed to a snow avalanche? In previous days to this short one-day excursion, we had been ...
Gruvefjellet hillside, Sarkofagen and Moraine Cave
We have decided to put together these three entries in order to avoid making a big mess with them, and also because they were only three half day trips. We climb up the Gruvefjellet for two main reasons, to see from a close-up what had been ¼ of our ...
Marine geology cruise (Greenland & Barents' Seas)
... weather conditions were almost perfect, and headed for the open sea; but first we passed near the main Russian settlement in Svalbard, Barentsburg. . The calm ocean reflecting the sky, the presence of icebergs...there was magic in the air (so we had to ...
Arctic fox
Arctic fox... One of the most interesting (and few) mammals in Svalbard. It is quite evasive, partially beacause it needs it (they can feed from the remains left behind by polar bears), but beautiful as well, both in its summer and its winter coats. As ...
Polar Bear!!!
From the R/V Jan Mayen (although it took us a while to get the camera ready, and the pics are not from very close), we saw a polar bear. Those were very tense minutes, because before we saw it, the captain of the ship warned us about the high ...
Reindeers
Our favourite arctic herbivorous animal! We have a special affection for these "little" boys, maybe because they are cruelly killed there by biologists and hunters who think that it is a nice sport! We had a lot of nice experiences with them because ...
Arriving in Svalbard
Clear weather as we approached Svalbard meant we got some good pictures from the plane. Arrived in Longyearbyen a little late due to the extra passenger issue at Tromsø. We had to walk across the tarmac in Longyearbyen, -19C when we arrived so it was ...
And Even Further North...
... hotel. Nothing special, but easy. On Sunday I flew to Longyearbyen which is the main settlement on the Island of Svalbard above the Arctic Circle. It was a beautiful day and at one point the pilot announced that we were passing by Bear ...
Land of the midnight sun
The starting point for my Arctic Expedition around Svalbard, an island archipelago lying North of the Norwegian mainland, was Longyearbyen. Longyearbyen, lying at 78 degrees North, is the main town of Svalbard, with about 1900 ...
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous...and Polar Bears!
Tuesday afternoon I boarded the Prince Albert II which would be my home for the next 10 days. And what a home! I had, of course, booked the most economical cabin. The pictures on the website looked nice but I've been fooled by that ...
Svalbard
... huge amount of rubbish that was on the beach. It all washes up from the gulf stream and ends up on the shores of Svalbard. We collected ove 50 kgs on the way back to the Zodiacs on our return to the ship.In the afternoon we ...
Snowmobiling to East Coast of Svalbard
... and have a very brief introduction into driving a snowmobile. We left at 9.45am for a 10 hour trip to the east coast of Svalbard and back. S was given a few chances to get up to speed for the trip but the dogsled fall left her low on confidence and ...
Dogsledding in Svalbard
We got up at 7.30 and had breakfast at the hotel then were picked up by the tour company for our dogsledding trip at 9.30am. Driven to tour company office where we changed into snow suits and then drove on to kennels. Harnessed dogs and attached them ...
Skidoo, seal and sun
... polar bear and to do a treck in the Spitzberg. All the day done under the supervision of our guide armed with a riffle gun to use if a polar bear wants to get a small human snaks!! One good thing to add for Svalbard, if that the island is free of ...
Midnight sun
... earth First of all, if you are going near the north pole, please make sure that there is no marathon! I arrived in Svalbard (for those who wants to read a book in english: Northern lights from Philippe Pullman) in the beginning of the afternoon, ...
Arctic Adventure
Life in the Arctic For my expedition around Svalbard, I was on the Russian ship: Akademik Shokalskiy. It is an ice-strengthened ship which can take about 50-60 passengers. The captain and crew are Russian, while the hotel and ...
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