Svalbard Travel Blogs
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- Cruise Day 9, disembark, then Longyearbyen - Oslo - homeHaving totally crashed out last night, and not even stirred in the night, I wake up at 06:58 (two minutes before the alarm goes off) in a mad panic thinking I can't breathe and that I am drowning in mucus, Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Aug 4, 2023
- Cruise Day 8 - 1 polar bear, glacier, bearded seal, puffinsI struggled to get to sleep after going to bed last night, knowing that I might only get a couple of hours sleep before getting up again. At 01:30 I hear talking outside the cabin, and fifteen minutes later Vide Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Aug 3, 2023
- Cruise Day 7 - 2 polar bears, fin and blue whalesAt some stage in the night, we left the ice floes behind and headed south. We were still 'driving dodgems' as I went to bed last night, hitting a particularly large frozen block just as I was getting up from Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Aug 2, 2023
- Cruise Day 6 - 1 bear, then mama & cub + maleThe ship is still in the same place this morning with the engine off. We learn that this is not due to any mechanical problems, but rather that the captain decided to hang around to see what the Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Aug 1, 2023
- Cruise Day 5 - engine trouble, hot tub, polar bear, BBQAt 04:30, the change of engine sound stirs me out of my slumber, and the sudden sound of an alarm finishes the rude awakening. I try to remember what we were told at the initial briefing about the number of Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Jul 31, 2023
- Cruise Day 4 - birds, 2 polar bears, walrus, cocktailsI wake at 04:00, and when I look out of the porthole, I see we are surrounded by ice floes. I feel the occasional jolt as we barge into the ice, but it certainly didn't wake me up in the Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Jul 30, 2023
- Cruise Day 3 - bird cliff, fighting birds, 5 polar bearsAccording to the daily itinerary on the board in the mess, we are going out in Zodiacs at 09:30 (which may change, according to what is spotted by the guides and captain). As soon as we have finished breakfast, Svein Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Jul 29, 2023
- Cruise Day 2 - guillemot colony, polar bears, ice shelfI wake up at just after 04:00, having had 7½ hours of sleep, which is pretty darned good in my book! I only woke once in the night, feeling cold and getting under the quilt rather than sleeping on top Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Jul 28, 2023
- Cruise Day 1 - whales, walruses and sealsI slept surprisingly well last night, the warmth, with the gentle swaying of the ship and the noise of the engine. I wake up at 05:30, and get up a little later, sitting out in the little lounge area just Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Jul 27, 2023
- Longyearbyen - Boarding MS Origo==Tuesday 25th July 2023== When I wake at 02:15, I pull the black-out curtains aside to see full daylight outside. This far north, the sun will not set until the 23rd August, although it is hiding behind a cloud at the Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Jul 26, 2023
- Bristol - Heathrow - Oslo - Longyearbyen==Foreword== Back in February, I was browsing through Facebook while on a ferry back from France, when I came across an advert for a photography cruise to Svalbard. By the end of the day, I had booked it. This has to Posted by Grete Howard in Grete's Travels | Jul 24, 2023
- BarentsburgHad then a excursion to Barentsburg, a Russian miningtown now also trying tourism as a Soviet showcase town. You can go there from May to September by boat as a daytrip or slightly cheaper with a return ticket (without tour Posted by UliS in Norwegian Fjords and Svalbard | Sep 7, 2019
- LongyearbyenFrom Bergen by train to Oslo and on to Longyearbyen. Longyearbyen was a mining town today only 1 mine is still working, now the town is turning to tourism. About the only thing relativ cheap is alkohol and the local Posted by UliS in Norwegian Fjords and Svalbard | Sep 7, 2019
- 6/18 Here vs There[float=left][/float]I am now where I--and maybe you--have never been: at Posted by paulej4 in Polar Bears of the Svalbard Archipelago | Jun 23, 2019
- 6/17 When to come?It was difficult for me to decide what time of year to visit Svalbard. If you wish some input for your own trip, here is some insight I can offer. The “Northern Lights Winter” lasts from October 1st until February 28th. Posted by paulej4 in Polar Bears of the Svalbard Archipelago | Jun 22, 2019
- 6/16 Watch Out For Medium Hikes[float=right][/float]Elke woke us with a 7:15 announcement; breakfast was at 7:30. The day is blindingly Posted by paulej4 in Polar Bears of the Svalbard Archipelago | Jun 21, 2019
- 6/15 Svalbard ExplainedWe spent the night snugly moored in Magdalenefjorden Harbor. The water here is billiard table smooth and the environment is marred only by the hum and vibration of the M/S Quest generator. Now through Sorgattet passage into sheltered Smeerenburgfjorden, w Posted by paulej4 in Polar Bears of the Svalbard Archipelago | Jun 20, 2019
- 6/14 Seen Lions & Tigers, Now Walrus & Bears[img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/916153/02FogBank.JPG thumb=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/916153/thumb_02F Posted by paulej4 in Polar Bears of the Svalbard Archipelago | Jun 19, 2019
- 6/13 M/S QuestWas it anticipation, unending daylight or jet lag? No matter; sleep was difficult. But, when Elke came on the PA system with our wakeup call at 7:15 I was deep asleep. Breakfast at 7:30, into warm clothes and rented rubber Posted by paulej4 in Polar Bears of the Svalbard Archipelago | Jun 19, 2019
- Mark Twain said itAs I prepare to embark upon my voyage around Spitsbergen, I am told that the reports of internet capability aboard the M/S Quest may have been wildly exaggerated Posted by paulej4 in Polar Bears of the Svalbard Archipelago | Jun 12, 2019
- 6/12 A Day in Longyearbyen[float=right][img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/916153/RadissonBlackouts.JPG thumb=https://photos.travellerspoint.c Posted by paulej4 in Polar Bears of the Svalbard Archipelago | Jun 12, 2019
- 19: Blogging, blogging and more bloggingV Early start this morning as we had to have our bags packed and waiting outside of the door by 7am. Considering I didn’t make it to bed til after 2pm I was feeling pretty tired this morning! We had Posted by weary_feet in Weary_Feet Treks the Globe | Jul 22, 2011
- 18: Walruses and Reindeer[img=https://ph Posted by weary_feet in Weary_Feet Treks the Globe | Jul 22, 2011
- 17: Puffins![img=https://ph Posted by weary_feet in Weary_Feet Treks the Globe | Jul 22, 2011
- 16: Swamp[img=https://ph Posted by weary_feet in Weary_Feet Treks the Globe | Jul 3, 2011
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