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Categories Arctic Tours Adventure & Eco Travel Semi-escorted Tours Svalbard Spitsbergen

This is an expedition for those who feel that skiing Spitsbergen from north to south (a 30 day tour of 342 miles) may be too extreme or too time-consuming, but who are adventurous and wish to experience the magnificent nature of Svalbard. Join us and cross Spitsbergen from west to east!

During four days of skiing, we will cross over the glaciers to the east coast of Spitsbergen, approximately 30 miles. The nights are spent in solid mountain tents. Every participant has their own equipment in a pulka (sled).

Itinerary

Briefing, preparation and packing for the expedition. We will go through the gear and instructions for use of cooking gear, pulka, ski equipment, tent, food and drinks.

During the afternoon we will be transported from Longyearbyen to Tempelfjorden by snowmobile. This transportation leg is approximately 40 miles. We begin our skiing adventure here deep in Tempelfjorden, heading east towards the Von Post Glacier where we will make camp for the first night.

The expedition continues up this impressive glacier and we reach 650 metres above sea level at the pass. From here we head to our second campsite on the Hayes Glacier.

During the journey east we will meet massive glaciers, with beautiful nunataks such as Panoramaberget and Skinnluva rising out of the ice.

This day’s stretch takes us down Hayes glacier and we will make camp for the last time by the Königsberg Glacier. If we are lucky we will also see the king of the Arctic, the polar bear, somewhere along the route.

On the last day we will meet the sea ice in Mohnbukta and follow the coast until we reach Georg Bjønnes’s old trappers cabin. Here we will be met by the snowmobiles that take us back to Longyearbyen

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