Spitsbergen Hotel - Rica Longyearbyen

... white Goose and snow storms. Not to mention the incredible view of Tromso and other mountains. We finally got back down and visited the Arctic Church on the way back to the hotel. We did go for a walk in the evening again at an atempt to see The Lights, but due to the rain and clouds, there was no luck.<br><br> On our last full day in Tromso, we went to The Polarium, which is an aquarium and small museum. We saw some bearded seals get fed and ...

... flourishes to the west and with the reduction in herring stocks, the town has developed industries such as shipbuilding and maintenance,equipment for the shipping industry and matters relating to oil exploration in the area.<br><br>Further north is Tromso, the capital of Arctic Norway and gateway to the Arctic Ocean. At 65,000 people, Tromso is quite remarkable. Considering its geography, Tromso is an oasis in a spartan landscape (to mix metaphors). It bills itself as the ...

... joten ei kun menoksi ja vauhdilla. Pääsimme lopulta Käsivarteen ja Kilpisjärvelle. Siellä oli leirintäalue, jonne olisi voinut laittaa teltan, vaikka se olikin jo mennyt kiinni. Katselimme kuitenkin paikkaa, että se on suht vilkkaan tien varressa, ei... Tänä yönä ei nukuta tien varressa. Joten jatkoimme matkaa. Sopivaa paikkaa ei meinannut millään löytyä... Yhdellä pienellä hiekkakuopalla pysähdyimme ja katselimme, että näyttää hyvältä, mutta... Siellä oli ehkä niin kuin ...

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 before so I was pleasantly surprised and found myself giggling while exploring my deluxe (by my standards) cabin: champagne on ice, fresh fruit bowl, flat screen TV ...

... he has seen the island. And as we were coming into Longyearbyen I had beautiful views of glaciers, lakes and fjords. <br><br>I had booked a ten day expedition cruise around the island and decided to spend a couple of nights in Longyearbyen before boarding the ship. I stayed at the Spitsbergen Guesthouse which was formerly used as housing for miners. Longyearbyen was a ...

... br><br>It is another beautifully clear day in Spitsbergen and we can see all the snow covered peaks that rise 3000 feet in an arc 25 miles wide.<br><br>Richard White is our guide for this walk and we see a collection of geese, gulls and other sea birds.<br><br>The moss-covered hills are home to an abundance of arctic flowers, all growing on the south side of the moss, away from the direction of the arctic winds.<br><br>The reindeer we see are shy and we ...

... 8211; cars, coal-fired electric power plants, oil &amp; gas fields, nuclear plants.<br><br>Should we build more of the same or should we begin to go carbon free and energy intelligent, even it costs more money now?<br><br>Other questions waiting to be answered include, should we care if the polar bear is now called an endangered species?<br><br>What connection is there between carbon in the atmosphere, a warmer climate, disappearing sea ice and retreating glaciers?<br><br ...

... service, and finally we had to use credit card to withdraw money from the ATM). I told her that we were fine and the cash we had could make it through until the following day in which the banks will be opened.We then walked to Polaria. It is an aquarium displays local marine life and the main attraction of the aquarium is the bearded seals. Moreover, the design of its architecture resembles a partly collapsed series of books ...

... 9. day traveling back to longyearbyen 10. resting, buying chocolates and sweets 11.-14. day hike to barentsburg 15. day arrival at barentsburg 17. day hike to kapp laila 18. day a really tough hike back to longyearbyen 25. day plane to oslo 28. day plane to munich 29. day vienna please take your time (at least 15 min) to visit ...

... of the polar bears, but had hundreds of the different bird species he'd seen! It was great to hear about his journey, although I was envious because the likelihood of me seeing a polar bear in the south/west is pretty slim...you need to do a week long cruise (£1300) to get to the real polar bear land in the north/east. That's one for the future... I'd briefly got talking to an English couple in the TV lounge (Anthea and Gordon) after detecting ...