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Includes  Why Go? . . . . 350 is the Arctic North as you always dreamed it exist- . . . . .359 ed. This wondrous archipelago is a land of dramatic snow- ...... 360 drowned peaks and glaciers, of vast icefields and forbidding Ny Ålesund . . . . . 361 icebergs, an elemental place where the seemingly endless Arctic night and the perpetual sunlight of summer carry a Magdalenefjord . . . 361 deeper kind of magic. One of Europe’s last great wilderness- es, 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, Longyear- Best Places to byen, is merely a taste of what lies beyond and the possibili- ties for exploring further are many: boat trips, glacier hikes, Eat and expeditions by snowmobile or led by a team of huskies. ¨¨Huset (p357) Whichever you choose, coming here is like crossing some ¨¨Kroa (p357) remote frontier of the mind: Svalbard is as close as most mortals can get to the North Pole and still capture its spirit. ¨¨Mary-Ann’s Polarrigg (p357) ¨¨Brasseri Nansen (p357)

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