Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
birders should buy the booklet
Bird Life in Longyearbyen and Surrounding Area
(Nkr50),
which is available from the tourist office.
MULTIDAY BOAT CRUISES AROUND SVALBARD
To really get a taste for the inner and outer reaches of Svalbard in a short space of time,
there's no alternative to a multi-day coastal boat cruise. They don't come cheap, but
these are once-in-a-lifetime journeys. Any of the following run such cruises:
Discover the World
(
www.discovertheworld.co.uk
)
GAP Adventures
(
www.gapadventures.com
)
Hurtigruten
(
www.hurtigruten.com
)
Naturetrek
(
www.naturetrek.co.uk
)
Boat Trips
The main boat-trip excursions are to the Russian settlements of Barentsburg and Pyram-
iden, with shorter trips to nearby bird cliffs and glacier tongues.
Polar Charter
BOAT
( 97 52 32 50;
www.polarcharter.no
)
Polar Charter sends out the
MS Polargirl
to Barentsburg and the Esmark Glacier
(Nkr1300, eight to 10 hours) four times a week, and to Pyramiden and Nordenskjöldbreen
(Nkr1300, eight to 10 hours); prices include a lunch cooked on board. On Fridays, it also
organises five-hour trips to the Borebreen glacier (Nkr900).
Henningsen Transport & Guiding
BOAT TOUR
( 91 85 37 56, 79 02 13 11;
www.htg.svalbard.no
)
Henningsen Transport & Guiding runs excellent trips to Barentsburg and Pyramiden
(Nkr1550). En route, they tend to sail closer to shore than other companies, rather than
sailing down the middle of the fjord. It also runs six-hour Friday-evening trips to Bore gla-
cier for Nkr1190.
Spitsbergen Travel
BOAT
