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You cannot walk around because of icebear
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It´s the northest you get without beeing expedition
The restaurant at "Huset": Best meal served ever!
hawaii Says: VERY Expensive, but worth it! It has one of if not the largest winecellar in Europe. Delicious food. Whale-gaspacchio
VianneR Says: Duffelbag that folds to hold little space in your cabin. I got mine for a few dollarsat an army navy surplus store. Two sets of gloves, sunglasses and two hats. You do not want to be without any of these itemsWellingtons for wet landings in the zodiac. Sunscreen! Casing...
globetrott Says: At least waiting for the tug-boat took place in this wonderful landscape-------------------------------------------------------------------- There were announcements of course, telling the people that a tug-boat was on the way to rescue us
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VERY Expensive, but worth it! It has one of if not the largest winecellar in Europe. Delicious food. Whale-gaspacchio

Q: Hi!, we are planning to go to Svaldbard in middle april, 12 nice people searching for adventure but with little resources, we...

A: Hi Maria - I think is it very difficult to do Svalbard inexpensively. We used www.spitsbergentravel.no/eng/ for our excursions. You probably have checked them and seen...
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Journal: Donna & Sandy in Spitsbergen

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