Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Svalbard
POP 2481 / HIGHEST ELEV 1713M
Includes »
Longyearbyen
Around Longyearbyen
Barentsburg
Pyramiden
Ny Ålesund
Around Ny Ålesund
Magdalenefjord
Prins Karls Forlandet
Krossfjorden
Danskøya
Moffen Island
Why Go?
Svalbard is the Arctic North as you always dreamed it existed. This wondrous archipelago
is a land of dramatic snow-drowned peaks and glaciers, of vast icefields and forbidding ice-
bergs, an elemental place where the seemingly endless Arctic night and the perpetual sun-
light of summer carry a deeper kind of magic. One of Europe's last great wildernesses, this
is also the domain of more polar bears than people, a terrain rich in epic legends of polar
exploration.
Svalbard's main settlement and entry point, Longyearbyen, is merely a taste of what lies
beyond and the possibilities for exploring further are endless: boat trips, glacier hikes and
expeditionsbysnowmobileorledbyateamofhuskies.Whicheveryouchoose,cominghere
is like crossing some remote frontier of the mind: Svalbard is as close as most mortals can
get to the North Pole and still capture its spirit.
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