Wake up before 10am as it is getting very hot in the tent : weather is very sunny indeed ! Today is resting day. After breakfast, we go for a walk across the moor. Quickly, we meet a reindeer. It is very big and not afraid by us. We can come very close to it. We finally reach the old mine. "The year 1899 is regarded as the beginning of coal mining in Svalbard, when the first shipload of coal from ...

Wake up at 9:30. We start packing our stuff before everybody gets up. We have breakfast, pack the camp and prepare the kayaks in 1h45 : 45 min less than day 1 ! Weather is cloudy and windy. We board the kayaks rapidly facing the waves. We paddle towards Nansen glacier. We come very close to it (around 300 m) to enjoy the magnificent blue colours due to numerous calvings. We also met several icebergs. When l...

Wake up at 10. Wind is gone. For our first day, it takes us 2h30 to have breakfast, pack our stuff and get the kayaks ready. Not too bad for a first. We leave Ymerbukta fjord and paddle in Isfjord bay towards Nansen morene. The sea is calm and after 2h30 of paddling, we stop for a lunch on the shore. We spot 3 reindeers and 1 arctic fox. We return to the kayaks and paddle in the bay. Due to ebb tide, we have...

Wake up at 7am. Last hot shower ;-) We have breakfast, pack our stuff in the minivan and go to the harbor. A human-chain is formed to load everything on the boat before other passengers arrive: kayaks, food, gear, personal stuff...etc. The boat leaves around 9am toward Ymerbukta. It will take 2h30 to cross the bay from Longyearbyen. The captain and one of his men make safety demonstrations and then he gives us many details about the history of Svalbard. The sk...

We wake up at around 8:00. After breakfast, a briefing is made by Benoit. He gives one dry bag per person : everything should fit in it. He shows us how to use the alarm gun we will use during the nights. And he also tells us what to do in case we happen to see a polar bear : gathering, not running, staying calm, making noise, using the alarm gun. Alarm pens are also shown. Everyone will carry one of them around his neck. It comes with difference kind of cartri...