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Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Travel Blogs from Svalbard and Jan Mayen
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Bear with us.
... that we will all converse in English.Excellent decision!So off we go to get kitted out in our snowsuits,gloves,boots,helmets and balaclavas.Its two degrees PLUS outside.Once we have got all our gear on along with thermals we are roasting.we then head ...
Isfjord
... of mine made the cut. I quickly packed my stuff and then we had our last dinner - the Captain's Dinner. Woody gave a speech and thanked everyone. The captain (Capt. Beluga) said a few words in broken English. John thanked Woody and then one of the ...
Map uploaded
... , we will be able to make several "excursions" from the quickest route towards the west coast to check out the many unclimbed peaks and try to do something about it. I'm a bit wary about the polar bears, we will probably run into some of them, especially ...
Svalbard Skimarathon
... country skis, was pretty fun. Perfect weather, some suntan, no wind and great track. The most interesting thing were the Isbjornwakt scooters, watching out for polar bears. And Sysselman's superpuma helicopter was flying around to check the area ...
Smeerenburg
... wanted the group to meet in the library before the zodiacs were launched. They gave us group verbal quizzes on the Svalbard Museum in Longyearbyen and the Polar Museum in Tromso. The alumni helped and I am proud to say that I answered most of the ...
The Voyage Begins!
... stuff for 3 times as long is a nice feeling. I retreated back to my room and got my clothes and electronic equipment organized. I sorted some more pictures, read my Svalbard guidebook, and talked with Madison. I was in bed by 11:30 and slept ...
We got as close to Santas workshop as we could
... Granite had loaded 10T of file for the short hop from Alta to Hammerfest so the extra 400NM wasn't a problem for the intrepid and well experienced aviator. Axe on the other hand was bemoaning the fact he hadn't loaded nearly enough gas for the added ...
Where is that draught coming from?
... .Everyone is a nice bunch but there is always one isnt there?Some mid twentys English girl who has been everywhere and i mean everywhere.Galapagos,Moint Kilimanjaro the lot.She couldnt understand why she had trouble at US immigration when they discovered ...
Ny Alesund
... the base of the cliff and the ocean. The tundra was green from the bird guano building up into a soil. This is unique in Svalbard because the tundra is mostly devoid of nutrients. The green makes the bird cliffs easy to spot from a distance since they ...
Isbukta
... . The post-dinner bar talk was given by Mette. She talked about how she was involved in getting aid (money, weapons, medical, and food supplies) to Afghanistan when the Russians invaded. She then went on into how she felt bad about gun running and then ...
Longyearbyen!
... off to the downtown with Pat to see about finding the camera store and an ATM. We had good talks on the way about cameras, life, and Svalbard. The camera shop was closed, but Pat was able to hit the ATM. We walked back up the hill to the Huset (The ...
Bellsund
... of the girls came with. We skirted the bottom of a moraine and walked on lush "Arctic heather" tundra. We crossed a meltwater stream and then up a mountain about halfway. The mountain wasn't as steep as the one I climbed in Longyearbyen, but it had the ...
Fingers crossed for Polar Bears..
... photo it's not huge! It's definitely weird, the not getting dark thing. It's looked pretty much the same outside the whole time. And the hotel hasn't had the common sense to put thick or blackout curtains in the rooms so it's nice and bright when you get ...
Glacier Hike
... the loose rock. Eventually, we got far enough up the glacier that we made an ascent on the mountain that divides the Larsbreen and the Longyearbreen. The mountain slope was really steep - it was close to 45 or 50 degrees. It was covered in loose ...
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