Activities in Svalbard
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Spitsbergen Travel
One of the giants of the Svalbard travel scene, Spitsbergen Travel runs three-day guided cruises between mid-June and mid-September aboard the former Hurtigruten coastal steamer Nordstjernena, putting ashore at both Barentsburg and Ny Ålesund. Prices, not including airfare, start at Nkr7930/12,875 per person without/with private shower. It also offers seven-day cruises with the smaller Polar Star, which penetrates more deeply into Svalbard’s so lightly travelled areas. Prices begin at Nkr32,600 per double cabin.
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Basecamp Spitsbergen
Basecamp Spitsbergen mainly offers winter activities, including a stay aboard the Noorderlicht, a Dutch sailing vessel that’s set into the fjord ice as the long freeze begins each autumn. It also offers winter and summer stays at Isfjord Radio, the ultimate remote getaway on an upgraded, one-time radio station at the northwestern tip of Spitsbergen island.
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Svalbard Wildlife Service
Offering many of the usual and several unusual trips, Svalbard Wildlife Service can take you on three days of camping, hiking and kayaking around the Esmark glacier (Nkr6400), or seven days among the glaciers, seals and walruses of Prins Karls Forlandet island (Nkr13,500).
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Svalbard Villmarkssenter
The experts in dog mushing are Svalbard Villmarkssenter, whether by sledge over the snow or – OK, it’s not the same thing but it gives you a feel of what a wintertime dog-sled experience must be like – on wheels during summer.
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Wilderness Guide, Poli Arctici
Wilderness Guide, Poli Arctici is the trading name of Stefano Poli, originally from Milan and with 13 years as a Svalbard wilderness guide under his belt. Specialising in multiday treks, he also offers guided day hikes and, in winter, snowmobile sorties.
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Svalbard Explorer
In summer Svalbard Explorer runs trips once or twice daily to Longyearbyen's last producing coal mine, 15km east of the town.
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Longyearbyen Heated Pool
If you've energy left at the end of the day, plunge into Longyearbyen Heated Pool at the Sports Hall.
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Discover the World
This is a UK travel operator but they can arrange guided cruises around the archipelago.
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GAP Adventures
This is a Canadian-based travel operator but they can arrange guided cruises around the archipelago.
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