We had a sleep in, getting up at 8.30am and had breakfast at the hotel. We then packed our bags and checked out at 11am and put our bags in storage until the bus was to pick us up at 1pm to take us to the airport. Walked down the main street and bought some souvenirs and visited a skin shop that had bear, seal and fox furs and clothes made from them. We went back to hotel, had a coke and some chocolate and then boarded the bus to the airport. Ate lunch at the air...

We got up at 6.15am and breakfast at the hotel before being picked up by tour company at 8.15am and driven the their office to change into snow suits and have a very brief introduction into driving a snowmobile. We left at 9.45am for a 10 hour trip to the east coast of Svalbard and back. S was given a few chances to get up to speed for the trip but the dogsled fall left her low on confidence and she had to ditch her snowmobile and ride as a passenger. At the firs...

We got up at 7.30 and had breakfast at the hotel then were picked up by the tour company for our dogsledding trip at 9.30am. Driven to tour company office where we changed into snow suits and then drove on to kennels. Harnessed dogs and attached them to the sled then we were off, one driving the other as a passenger in the sled. After a few bumps at the start we went ok. Reasonably flat run until just before half way when we hit our first hill. Driver had to push...

Clear weather as we approached Svalbard meant we got some good pictures from the plane.Arrived in Longyearbyen a little late due to the extra passenger issue at Tromsø. We had to walk across the tarmac in Longyearbyen, -19C when we arrived so it was a bit of a shock coming out of the warm plane. We then caught the crowded FlyBus to our hotel, Radisson SAS Polar. Checked in and got our stuff ready then walked down to the supermarket and got our bearings. Decided ...