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Fjords & Nature in Svalbard Islands

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Svalbard Islands

Svalbard is located exactly halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. It belongs to the Tromsø district of Norway, and it is comprised of five main islands - Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, Barents øya, Prins Karls Forland, and Edgeøya - and 150 small islands.

Sixty percent of Svalbard is covered in glaciers, and it is a habitat for rare sea birds, reindeer, Arctic foxes, polar bears, seals, and toothed whales. From Svalbard you will be able to see the Arctic Circle's illuminated messages of the midnight sun and northern lights.

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Fjords & Nature in Svalbard Islands


Longyearbyen

Longearbyen is the central town at Svalbard Islands and it is located on the largest island called Spitsbergen. Mining plays a major part of the community and you can even enjoy a mining guided tour. But Longyearbyen offers more exotic excursions than that such as glacier trekking, dog sledding, fjord cruising, hiking, skiing during the summer period, and snow mobile riding.

You can view the midnight sun between April 19 and August 23 and if you want to experience the period when the sun doesn’t rise you should visit this area between October 28 to February 14

Access: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes from Tromsø to Longyearbyen by Scandinavian Airlines SAS. There are no roads connecting the islands so you will have to travel by plane.

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