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Isfjord Radio & Kapp Linné
Semi-guided tour to Spitsbergen
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Experience magnificent Arctic scenery on a summer adventure to beautiful Basecamp Isfjord Radio at Cape Linnè.
Travel to Cape Linnè from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen’s main town, is by boat with time to enjoy the fantastic fjord, bird cliffs and animal wildlife. At Basecamp Isfjord Radio you will discover a rich history, biological diversity and wonderful geological conditions. The former radio station is situated at the outmost part of the Isfjord with majestic mountains overlooking the Arctic Ocean.
The tour begins in Norway’s Arctic capital city, Tromsø, the starting point for many polar expeditions.
View Tromsø and Spitsbergen in a larger map
Day 1
Arrive Tromsø Airport and transfer to your hotel.
1 night TROMSØ - Clarion Collection Hotel With (BB)
Day 2
Morning free in Tromsø before early afternoon flight to Longyearbyen, the main town on Spitsbergen. Transfer to your hotel.
1 night LONGYEARBYEN - Basecamp Trapper's Hotel (BB)
Day 3
After breakfast you will be met by your guide for a short briefing about the trip, equipment and outfit details. Transfer to the quay where your polarcicle boat is ready to start the safari towards Isfjord Radio. On the way you will have time to enjoy the fantastic fjord scenery, animal wildlife and Arctic seabirds. Welcome lunch served on arrival. You spend the afternoon exploring the great area of Kapp Linnè learning more about the wildlife at the station.
2 nights KAPP LINNÈ - Basecamp Isfjord Radio (FB)
Day 5
Breakfast if followed by a walk along the spectacular coastline where the guide tells you stories about old hunters and their hard life on Spitsbergen. You will also learn more about the geology, flowers and animal life in the area. Return to Isfjord Radio for lunch before returning to civilisation and Longyearbyen. Dinner is recommended at the famous Huset restaurant (table should be booked in advance).
1 night LONGYEARBYEN - Basecamp Trapper’s Hotel (BB)
Day 6
Morning free in Longyearbyen with the opportunity to try a dog sled trip on wheels before transfer to the airport for return flights to the UK.
Departure Day: Wednesdays from London Heathrow Airport
Departure Dates: 6 July - 24 August 2011
Duration: 5 nights
Flight suppelements for alternative departure airports
Clarion Collection Hotel With ***
A lovely, traditional hotel situated right on the pier in Tromsø harbour and within all of Tromsø's main sights. The hotel has a restaurant, cocktail lounge and offers afternoon tea. There is a sauna for guests' use and rooms are non-smoking. Lift.
NB. All Clarion Collection Hotels include a FREE evening supper for their hotel guests along with FREE waffles and tea/coffee in the afternoon.
Basecamp Trapper's Hotel
Situated in the middle of Longyearbyen close to pubs, restaurant, the bank and shopping mall. The lodge is furnished with drift wood, slate stones and furs giving the feeling of entering a Spitsbergen hunter’s cottage. No rooms are alike, except for the comfortable beds and bathrooms. Breakfast is served around the long table in Traveller’s Club and the Cognac Attic, with its ceiling of glass, gives you a perfect view of the arctic light. Restaurants and pub within close proximity.
Basecamp Isfjord Radio
The radio station is newly renovated and has charming and cosy rooms, a lounge with a fireplace and a unique and extremely interesting history. Isfjord Radio used to link Spitsbergen with the rest of the world. As a frontier weather and communications station it has a legendary status in Norway. Until the advent of fiber-optic cables it was the sole radio and telecommunications hub – the lifeline - for the otherwise isolated people of Svalbard. The area surrounding the radio station has an exceptional animal life and a bird reserve where we find nesting birds right up to the station’s walls. As well as a wide variety of bird species, you will also be able to see reindeer and Arctic fox, as well as maybe a glimpse of the polar bear. The settlement has 23 rooms with shared bathrooms in the corridor. Dinner is served in the restaurant.
OK, so this video was filmed during the magnificent winter months, but at least it gives you a taste of how authentic your accommodation is!
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