Svalbard Sharon Bader and Lee Lau
April 27 – May 5th 2023
The Noorderlicht
From Longyearbyen we sailed to various locations whose names I won’t repeat since they’ll mean nothing. The Itinerary was posted on a board and if you scroll to the bottom you’ll see how the days were planned there. We were led by the local guide Chris who worked with Tom to find the best locations based on weather to ski.
I can’t say enough about the crew, Marco, Lotte, Albero, Sarah and Isabel. They made our trip comfortable and were very accomodating and efficient. I’ve heard food was better on previous trips so I won’t fault them for the uninspirational meals.
We divided into three groups each day, fast, chill and slow. It worked out well!
My beer!
Our ULTRA Cosy rooms. Not much storage or place to hang stuff to dry off
Chris, Lotte, Isabel, Alberto, Sarah and Marco
Our Route!
Morning meeting to load dinghy
Getting ashore
Unloading
Guide with Guns
Ships always in view
Tides out!
Going up to the Crowsnest
Polar Plunge!
Cool Glacier
Guides in Barentsburg – Tom, Emilie, Heather and Chris
The group
Barentsburg Brewery!
The Itinerary
Other Miscellanous Longyearbyen ski pics in a photo dump – click here
SV Noordelicht and ski-touring on Prins Karl Forlund photo dump – click here.