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But all was worth it, because it gave us the chance to enjoy the magic of the Northern Lights, the energy of the waves in the Greenland Sea, the amazing wildlife (polar bears, reindeers, artic foxes) and the perennial white and blue cover of Svalbard.
A Travel Blog entry by sd0744 from Svalbard, Norway
... . A campsite near an airport is not always quiet and helicopters taking off at 4 am in the morning are not welcomed.
Svalbard or where i am staying Longyearbyen is 78 degrees North and enjoys a temperate summer of 4 degrees C due to the Gulf ...
A Travel Blog entry by tyga from Longyearbyen, Norway
... 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 ...
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... may.....the wife has been dying to see the rest of Scandanavia, and Norway was been the main blip on our radar. SHE actually found Svalbard and showed it to me.....I'm trying to suprise her with an out of this world trip in March, so we'll see.