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Svalbard POP 2481 / HIGHEST ELEV 1713M ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Svalbard POP 2481 / HIGHEST ELEV 1713M Why Go? Longyearbyen ...............355 Svalbard is the Arctic North as you always dreamed it exist- Around Longyearbyen ..361 ed. This wondrous archipelago is a land of dramatic snow- Barentsburg ................. 361 drowned peaks and glaciers, of vast icefi elds and forbidding icebergs, an elemental place where the seemingly endless Pyramiden ....................362 Arctic night and the perpetual sunlight of summer carry a Ny Ålesund ...................363 deeper kind of magic. One of Europe’s last great wilderness- Around Ny Ålesund ......363 es, this is also the domain of more polar bears than people, a Magdalenefjord ............364 terrain rich in epic legends of polar exploration. Prins Karls Forlandet ...364 Svalbard’s main settlement and entry point, Longyear- Krossfjorden .................364 byen, is merely a taste of what lies beyond and the possi- Danskøya ......................364 bilities for exploring further are endless: boat trips, glacier Moff en Island ................364 hikes and expeditions by snowmobile or led by a team of huskies. Whichever you choose, coming here is like cross- ing some remote frontier of the mind: Svalbard is as close as most mortals can get to the North Pole and still capture Best Places to Eat its spirit. » Huset (p 351 ) » Kroa (p 352 ) » Mary-Ann’s Polarrigg When to Go (p 352 ) Longyearbyen » Brasseri Nansen (p 352 ) °C/°F Temp Rainfall inches/mm 40/104 12/300 Best Places to Stay 20/68 8/200 » Basecamp Spitsbergen 0/32 4/100 (p 350 ) » Spitsbergen Guesthouse -20/-4 0 (p 351 ) J FDNOSAJJMAM » Mary-Ann’s Polarrigg (p 351 ) December & March & April July & August January A jazz The light returns Days without end » Radisson SAS Polar Hotel festival and deep with week-long and an array of (p 351 ) immersion in the festivities. activities in the polar night. summer light. 0 100 km 352 0 60 miles Nordenskiöld- bukta Kvitøya Prins Storøya Gustav V Oscars Orvin Land Moffen Land Land Mossel- Amsterdamøya Velkomstpynten Vestfonna halvøya Hinlopenstretet den Nordaustlandet Danskøya Wijde jor Austfonna Magdale- nefjord Åsgårdfoona fjorden Gustav Adolf Albert I Woodf Scania- Land Erik Eriksenstretet Land Monaco- Andref halvøya Nyfries Bråsvellbreen Krossfjorden breen Land Land Haakon VII Kongsfjorden Perriertoppen Abeløya Land (1712m) Blomstrand- James I halvøya Newtontoppen Wilhelmøya Kongsøya Ny Ålesund Land (1713m) Kronebreen Svenskøya Dickson Kvitbreen Grampianfjellet Land Kong Karls (1084m) Olav V Forl Pyramiden Land Oscar II Bünsow Land Land ands Land Negribreen Olgastretet SVALBARD SVALBARD Eidem- Nord- Bille- fjorden u breen fjorden Von Postbreen Barents- nde jøkulen Barentsøya Prins Karls Esmark n Longyearbyen t Glacier e Forlandet ord Sabine Isfj ansunder Isfjord Radio Land em Fre Kap Linné Grumantbyen Barentsburg Spitsbergen len Edgeøya Inset Nordenskiöld inda Sveagruva Re Land jorden Miljenf Heer Van Land Storfjorden Edgeøyjøkulen Bellsund Nathorst Land Strongbreen Tjuvfjordlaguna Wedel Torell Jarlsberg Land Bjørnøya Land Nathorstbreen Tjuvfjorden Torellbreen Storbreen Hornsund B A R E N T S Sørkapp Land S E A Hopen Søkappøya G R E E N L A N D S E A To Bjørnøya (280km, see Inset) Svalbard Highlights 1 Explore the Arctic old on a winter dog-sledding 6 Spend a sunny morning wilderness by hiking (p 350 ) expedition (p 350 ) surrounded by the brilliant under the midnight sun 4 Listen to the echo of the glaciers and turquoise waters 2 Travel into the fjords of Soviet Union on a day trip to of Magdalenefjord (p 356 ) inner Svalbard with a boat trip the Russian settlement of 7 Immerse yourself in the to Pyramiden (p 355 ) and the Barentsburg (p 354 ) natural and human history Nordenskjöldbreen glacier 5 Feel the exhilaration of of Svalbard at the Svalbard 3 Experience the polar racing through the icy wastes Museum (p 347 ) and silence like the explorers of on a winter snowmobiling Spitsbergen Airship expedition (p 350 ) Museum (p 348 ).
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