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5 NIGHTS 6 DAYS, JOIN WILL COPESTAKE & HIKE EAST TO WEST ACROSS NORDENSKIOLD LAND, ARCTIC WILDLIFE, PROFESSIONAL GUIDING, 2 NIGHTS CAMPING AND 3 NIGHTS LUXURY LODGES
This is a short multi-day hike like few others. Join Will Copestake (Scotland and UK Adventurer of the Year 2015) over six days, complete with 24 hour daylight. Together with Will and your expert local Norwegian guides, you will trek from Svalbard's capital Longyearbyen across remote Nordenskiold Land to the Isfjord Radio Station situated on the western flanks of Spitsbergen.
Book your hike-of-a-lifetime today and experience an adventure like no other in the high Arctic with the best professional guides.
Trekking with a qualified local guide you will be on hike-of-a-lifetime through what is one of the most pristine and scenically beautiful parts of the world. Your guide will be able to show you the native Arctic flora and fauna, educating you along the way. Discover this unique corner of the world on foot with your guide, from the geology to the human history with fascinating stories of trappers, explorers, miners and wartime heroes.
Set date departure: August 17th to 22nd August 2018 (alternative dates available for private groups, minimum 6 people per group).
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On arrival into Longyearbyrn Airport you will be met by your private driver who will ferry you the short 10 minute drive from the airport back into Longyearbyen itself. Here they will drop you off at your town centre accommodation. Set in the heart of the small capital,...
At 8 am you are picked up at your hotel and go by car to Bjorndalen right outside Longyearbyen. From here you go by foot following the valley and turning up Fuglefjellet, 500 m.a.s.l. Following the mountain westwards, you will have a great view over the fjord. You stop for expedition...
There is nothing better than starting the day with breakfast accompanied by a view like today's. During the day you descent to the coastline and Coles Bay, another part of the Russian history on Spitsbergen.
A lunch stop will be taken, complete with storytelling at Coles Bay. After...
This morning you will rise and decamp, packing the tents away for the final time. After a warming breakfast you continue as a group your course westwards heading out towards Isfjord.
The distance today is a bit longer than the last 2 days, but terrain is more flat....
Enjoy a relaxed morning with a late breakfast at the brilliant Isfjord Radio Station. After this it is time to pack up your gear again and head back to Longyearbyen.
You will be travelling with open boat giving you ultimate views of the distant scenary. You will recognise much of...