Svalbard

Mamma has often good ideas and the last one was to organise a polo event on Svalbard. In very little time, organisation of flights, accomodation were done. So we are off dressed with ours warmest clothes.
Papa asks "where are going exactly?" so he takes the atlas and goes north of norway. He cannot find it. He goes a bit more north and still cannot find it. He is on the level of Greenland and still cannot find it. "where is it". Mamma says it is very far north. Papa "I have found it...are we really going there?". 4 hours flight from Oslo. A very special trip. Beautiful. The pictures say it all.

Not a very hard winter this year. With the windchill minus 16.We are off inside the ice to visit a frozen river.

Polar bears are a danger and Svalbard law makes it compulsory to carry a gun outside the village.






Preparation for a snow scooter trip










One of thousands ice caves








Coal mining is the main activity.
















Close encounter.....in the museum.

Mamma wants to go back :-)