Svalbard

Svalbard is an is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located about 400 miles north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The archipelago features an Arctic climate, although with significantly higher temperatures than other areas at the same latitude. The flora take advantage of the long period of midnight sun to compensate for the polar night.

Svalbard is a breeding ground for many seabirds, and also features polar bears, reindeer and marine mammals. Seven national parks and twenty-three nature reserves cover two-thirds of the archipelago, protecting the largely untouched, yet fragile, environment. Sixty percent of the archipelago is glacier, and the islands feature many mountains and fjords.

Tourism in Svalbard is focused on the environment and is centered around Longyearbyen. Activities include hiking, kayaking, walks through glacier caves and snowmobile and dog-sled safari.

Things to See & Do

* Flora & fauna
* Magdalena Fjord
* Hiking
* Glacier Caves
* Dog-sled safari

General information

Cruise Season – May - Oct
Currency - Norwegian Krone (NOK)
Language – Norwegian
Population – 2,932 approx
Land Area – 61,022 sq km
Electricity – 2 round pins European style
Time - GMT plus one hour
International Country Telephone Code – +47

Transport Links - Svalbard Airport, Longyear serves as the main gateway to the rest of Europe. It is located 3 kilometres (2 mi) from Longyearbyen, is the only airport offering air transport off the archipelago. Scandinavian Airlines has daily scheduled services to Tromsø and Oslo; there are also irregular charter services to Russia.

Port Overview

Select from all of our ports Aappilattoq, Greenland Aasiaat, Greenland Ahlstrandhalvoya, Svalbard Akranes, Iceland Akulleq Greenland Akureyri, Iceland Alexandra Fjord, Canada Alkepynten, Svarbard Alluitsup Paa, Greenland Alpe Fjords, Greenland Alpefjorden, Greenland Amerloq Fjord, Greenland Ammassalik (Tasiilaq), Greenland Ammassalik Region, Greenland Andréeneset, Svalbard Antarctic Haven, Greenland Arctic Circle Arnarfjörður, Iceland Arsuk Brae, Greenland Aston Bay, Canada Augpilatok, Greenland Aujuittuq (Grise Fiord) Auyuittuq Canada Ayon Island, Russia Baffin Island, Canada Bakkagerdi, Iceland Banks Island Barentsburg, Spitsbergen Barrentsburg (Cruising) Bathurst Inlet, Canada Bear Island, Scoresby Sound, Greenland Beechey Island, Arctic Canada Beerenberg Jan Mayen, Norway Belcher Channel, Canada Bellot Strait, Nunavut Bellsund, Svalbard Berufjordur Berzelius Bjerg, Greenland Bildudalur, Iceland Bjargtangar, Iceland Bjorne Oer, Greenland Blomster Bugt, Greenland Blomsterbukta, Greenland Blue Lagoon, Iceland Bolungarvik Iceland Boothia Peninsula and Larsen Sound, Canada Borgarfjordur, Iceland Borgarnes, Iceland Bråsvellsbreen Glacier, Spitsbergen Brattahlid, Greenland Brucebyen, Svalbard Burgerbukta, Svalbard Button Islands, Nth Canada Bylot Island, Canada Cambridge Bay, Canada Camp Kangiusaq, Greenland Cape Constitution, Greenland Cape Dezhnev, Russia Cape Farewell, Greenland Cape York (Kap York), Greenland Cape Zhelaniya, Russia Chukotka Peninsula, Russia Churchill, Canada Coburg Island, Canada Constable Point, Greenland Coronation Gulf, Canada Croker Bay, Nunavut, Canada D'aunay Bay, Greenland Daneborg, Greenland Danmarks Island Greenland Danmarkshavn, Greenland Devon Island, Canada Digges Island, Canada Disko Island and Bay, Greenland Diskobukta, Svalbard Djupavik, Iceland Djupivogur, Iceland Dodmansbugten, Greenland Dombrava Hytten, Greenland Drangey Island, Iceland Dundas Harbor, Canada Dundas, Greenland D’Aunay Bay Greenland East Coast Fjords, Greenland East Fjords, Iceland Ella Island, Greenland Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Elliðaey Island, Iceland Elwin Inlet, Canada Eolusneset, Spitsbergan Eqi Glacier, Greenland Eqip Sermia, Greenland Eskifjordur, Iceland Eureka Station, Canada Evighedsforden, Greenland Expedition Northeast Greenland Exploration Of Blosseville Coast Eyafjordur, Iceland Eyjafjordur, Iceland Eysturoy Island, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands, Denmark Faskrudsfjordur, Iceland Fjortende Julibreen Flatey Island, Iceland Fogo Island, Canada Freemandsundet, Spitzbergen Geographic North Pole Gjoa Haven, Nunavut Gnalodden, Svalbard Golden Circle, Iceland Gravnesodden Greenland Greenland National Park, Greenland Grise Fiord, Canada Grundarfjordur, Iceland Hafnarfjordur, Iceland Heimaey, Iceland Hekla Havn, Denmark Island Hestur, Faroe Islands Hinlopen Strait, Spitsbergen Hofmann Halvo, Greenland Hofn, Iceland Hofsós, Iceland Hopedale, Canada Hornafjordur Hornbjarg, Iceland Hornsund, Spitsbergen Hrisey, Iceland Hunde Eijland, Greenland Hurry Inlet, Greenland Hvalsey, Greenland Iceland Igaliku, Greenland Ile De France, Greenland Ilulissa fjord, Greenland Ilulissat, Greenland Isabella Bay, Canada Isafjordur, Iceland Isfjord, Svalbard Isflakbukta, Svalbard Itilleq, Greenland Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland Ivigtut Greenland Ivittuut, Greenland Ivujivik, Quebec Jenny Lind Island, Canada Johansen Bay, Nunavut Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, Greenland Kangaamiut, Greenland Kangerlussuaq, Greenland Kangersuatsiaq, Greenland Kangertitivatsiaq Fjord, Greenland Kangilinnguit, Greenland Kangiqsujuag, Canada Kanngiqtugaapik (Clyde River), Nunavat, Canada Kap Stewart, Greenland Kapisillit, Greenland Kapp Lee, Svalbard Karrat Fjord, Greenland Keflavik, Iceland Killiniq Island, Canada King Oscar Fjord, Greenland King William Island, Arctic Canada Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Iceland Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada Knud Rasmussen Glacier, Greenland Kollafjordur, Faroe Islands Kolyuchin Island, Russia Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen Krossfjorden, Spitsbergen Kugluktuk (Coppermine River), Nunavut Kujalleq Glacier, Greenland Kullorsuaq, Greenland Kulusuk, Greenland Kvanefjord, Greenland Kvitoya, Spitsbergen Lancaster Sound, Canada Langanes Peninsula, Iceland Liefdefjorden, Spitsbergen Lilliehook Fjord Lindenow Fjord, Greenland Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen Lower Savage Islands, Nunavut Magaroya Island, Norway Magnetic North Pole Makeoyane, Spitsbergen Málmey Island, Iceland Mestersvig Midvagur, Faroe Isl Mjoifjordur, Iceland Monacobreen, Svalbard Monumental Island, Canada Myggbukta, Greenland Nannuk Harbour, Nunavut Nansen Fjord, Greenland Napassorssuaq Fjord, Greenland Narsalik, Greenland Narsaq, Greenland Nekaupstadur, Iceland Nerlerit Inaat, Greenland Nolsoy, Faroe Isl Nordkappsundet (North Cape), Spitsbergen Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park North Arm Fjord Baffin Island Notre Dame Bay, Canada Nuuk, Greenland Nuussuaq (Kraulshavn), Greenland Paamiut, (Frederikshaab) Greenland Pangnirtung, Canada Papey Island, Iceland Patreksfjordur, Iceland Peel Sound, Canada Polar Cap Scenic Cruising Polarstarodden, Svalbard Pond Inlet, Canada Poolepynten, Spitsbergen Port Aux Port Peninsula, Canada Prince Christian Sound, Greenland Prince Leopold Island, Canada Prince of Wales Strait Puisortoq Glacier, Greenland Puvirnituq, Nunavat Pyramiden, Spitsbergen Qaanaaq (Thule), Greenland Qaqortoq, Greenland Qassiarsuk, Greenland Qassimiut, Greenland Qausuittuq National Park, Arctic Canada Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland Qeqqata Kommunia, Greenland Qikiqtarjuaq, Canada Qilaqitsoq, Greenland Qingminguartalik, Greenland Quaqtaq, Canada Queen Maud Gulf, Canada Rankin Inlet, Canada Raudfjorden, Spitsbergen Raufarhöfn, Iceland Reine, Lofoten Islands Renodden, Spitsbergen Resolute (Qausuittuq), Canada Reykjanes, Iceland Reykjavik, Iceland Reynisdrangar, Iceland Rode Fjord, Greenland Rode Pynt, Greenland Rodeo, Greenland Runavik, Faroe Islands Rypefjord, Norway Saglek Fjord, Canada Saqqaq, Greenland Sarfannguit, Greenland Sauoarkrokur, Iceland Savigsivik, Greenland Savissivik, Greenland Scoresby Sund, Greenland Scoresbysund, Greenland Sermersooq, Greenland Sermilik Fjord, Greenland Seven Islands, Nordaustlandet Seydisfjordur, Iceland Seysdisfjordur, Iceland Signehamna Siorapaluk, Greenland Sirmilik National Park, Arctic Canada Sisimiut, Greenland Skagafjordur, Iceland Skansebukta, Spitsbergen Smeerenburg, Spitsbergen Smeerenburgbreen, Spitsbergen Smith Sound Somerset Island, Arctic Canada Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland Sor-Spitsbergen National Park Soraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve, Greenland Spitsbergen, Norway St. Jonsfjorden, Spitsbergen Storo Island, Greenland Storøen, Greenland Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands Stykkisholmur, Iceland Sudureyri Iceland Suduroy Island, Faroe Islands Sundodden, Svalbard Surtsey, Westmann Isles, Iceland Svalbard Svartenhavn, Greenland Sydkap, Greenland Taloyoak, Canada Tanquary Fjord, Canada Tasermiut Fjord, Greenland Tassermiut Fjord, Greenland Texas Bar, Svalbard The Denmark Strait The Ice Floes Thorlakshofn, Iceland Torellneset, Svalbard Traelanípa, Faroe Islands Trygghamna Tugtutok, Greenland Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories Tumavík, Iceland Tunulliarfik Fjord, Greenland Tuttilik, Greenland Ukkusissat, Greenland Ulukhaktok, Canada Umanaq, Greenland Umivik, Greenland Ungava Bay, QC Ungava Peninsula, QC Upernavik, Greenland Uumannaq, Greenland Uunartoq, Greenland Vaigat Sound, Greenland Veidileysa, Iceland Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland Victoria Island, Canada Victoria Strait, Canada Victory Point, Nunavut Vigur Island, Iceland Vik, Iceland Vopnafjorour, Iceland Walker Bay, Nunavut Walrus Is. Canada Watkins Fjord, Greenland Westfjords, Iceland Westman Islands (Vestmannaeyjar), Iceland Woodfjorden, Spitsbergen Ymerbukta, Spitsbergen Ytre Norskoya,

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