Back to Longyearbyen and home . . .
After a careful recce of the beach where the polar bear had been the night before, Phil and Jonathan declared it safe for a shore… Read More »Back to Longyearbyen and home . . .
Arctic
In June 2025 we flew to Svalbard for a sailing trip aboard ‘SV Noorderlicht’.
Ny-London and a polar bear!
Yesterday morning we’d hoped to visit Ny-London but a cruise ship had arrived to take a party of 95 ashore. There’s a limit of 100… Read More »Ny-London and a polar bear!
Under the midnight sun
There isn’t ‘dawn’ of course as it never gets dark, but as we got up for breakfast the clouds were still hanging over the mountains… Read More »Under the midnight sun
Setting sail on ‘SV Noorderlicht’
Having arrived in Longyearbyen we had a day to explore before boarding the ship at 1600. It’s only a small town, built in 1906 by… Read More »Setting sail on ‘SV Noorderlicht’
Flying north, to the Arctic!
Left the campervan at home and had to take to the air for our next adventure! Lots of research led us to air travel being… Read More »Flying north, to the Arctic!