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Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
Templefjord, Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
Longyearbyen, Norway |
Longyearbyen, Norway |
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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 plane.
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 personally).
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Best Country Traveled in 2006
Posted on Jan 29, 2007, 12:34:29
... Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Terr. Chad Christmas Island Cote D'Ivoire Kiribati Saint Helena Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Wallis and Futuna Three Entries made in 2006 Algeria Angola Faroe Islands French Southern Terr. Greenland Martinique ...
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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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