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Northern Lights Spitsbergen - Polar Nights of Spitsbergen

Spitsbergen Polar Nights

5 days / 4 nights from £1060pp
Departures 12 February 09 – 12 March 09

On this short break we spend three nights at the Radisson SAS Hotel Polar in Longyearbyen, allowing time to join a wide range of optional excursions. A visit to the glacial caves known as ëthe ice grottoí 'ice grotto' or tour of a mine is included and the rest of the time is free to choose from the excursions available, a selection of which is listed below.

Itinerary

Day 1
Fly to Oslo, stay overnight at an airport hotel.

Day 2
Fly to Longyearbyen, stay three nights at the Radisson SAS Polar hotel (B).

Day 3 - 4
Join the ëice grottoí 'ice grotto' tour or mine visit (included). Other optional excursions are available, as described (B).

Day 5
International flight back to the UK (B).

Key: B – Breakfast, L - Lunch, D – Dinner.

Excursions

The 'Ice Grotto' Glacial Caves
See the inside of a glacier Approx. £77pp, 3 hours, pre-bookable

Longyearbyenís Mining Heritage
Visit a working coal mine Approx. £77pp, 3 hours, pre-bookable

Dog Sledging
Approx. £95, 3 hours, bookable locally

Snowmobile day-trip
From £190pp, 8 hours, bookable locally

Polar Evening in the Wilderness
Approx. £88pp, 4 hours, bookable locally

Other excursions are available locally, please contact our reservations team for details.

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Spitsbergen polar bears Exploring the Ice grotto © R.Hartvig Longyearbyen Homes
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