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None (Seaside), Norway |
None (Seaside), Norway |
Templefjord, Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
Longyearbyen, Norway |
Longyearbyen, Norway |
Longyearbyen, Norway |
Longyearbyen, Norway |
... 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 get ...
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 due to ...
... 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 matters 3. day boattravel to the ghosttown pyramiden 4.-8. day hikes around pyramiden 9. day ...
... very nice view, except if the day is cloudy and windy...as of course was that day. However, the excursion was a lot of fun and kind of tricky, as Guillermo did not know the way to the top perfectly, so he had to orientate himself with the compass and the ...
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Best Country Traveled in 2006
Posted on Jan 29, 2007, 12:34:29
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Svalbard
Posted on Nov 8, 2009, 08:56:46
... 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.
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Svalbard
Posted on Nov 8, 2009, 07:27:07
... to be expensive once there....as you're kinda stuck there until your return flight! Norway is expensive as it is, so Svalbard even more so, just for basics like food & accommodation. They also say that you have to do tours as well as it' ...
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Svalbard
Posted on Nov 7, 2009, 18:05:28
I recieved a travel guide the other day in the mail for Norway, and noticed a region my wife had told me about a while ago: Svalbard. How do you get there from the mainland, and is this a good area for whale watching and polar bear expeditions?
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