ShareThe wind was whipping in Greenland, delaying the flight for a couple of hours. Air Iceland flight took off from the domestic airport in Reykjavik to Narsarsuaq, Greenland. I met two adventurous women…Olga and Livia, both traveling from Spain to Greenland to hike and kayak. Got a glimpse of the […]
Share(All photos of town below are of Barentsburg) The USSR, currently Russia, established a couple of towns in the archipelago; Pyramiden was abandoned in 1998 and Barentsburg, which is still an active town today. Both are accessible by boat or snowmobile in the winter. We had hoped to go to Pyramiden […]
ShareJust a little tidbit from Wikipedia about Svalbard to give you some context https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard “Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Situated north of mainland Europe, it is about midway between continental Norway and the North Pole. Administratively, the archipelago is not part of any Norwegian county, but forms an unincorporated area administered by a governor appointed by […]