You’ll have a guided tour in the settlement, learn the history of the place, visit well preserved buildings of Canteen, School and Kindergarten, Swimming pool and restored Cultural House with a warm cafeteria. It will be one of the most exciting days of the whole trip. You will enjoy the picturesque variety of landscapes of the Northern Shore of Isfjorden and have a chance to see the sea mammals like walruses, seals and whales. This day is dedicated to the bays and the sea. We will head to the harbour to our open RIB boat to travel to Pyramiden. You will go through the briefing prep of the safety and technique rules and will get into the special suits. The day starts at 8:30 when our guides will meet you, pick you up at your hotel in Longyearbyen and drive to the expedition center Russkiy Dom. Insurance covering search and rescue, evacuation costs in case of emergency
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portable radio set, satellite phone, GPS-navigator, warning bacon, etc. Rent of survival suits from Helly Hansen and safety equipment incl. Guided tours around the settlement: Pyramiden Meals according to the program (2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 1 dinner) Accommodation according to the program (2 nights) Activities and boat transport by open RIB boats PolarCirkel (Pyramiden, Skansbukta, Nordenskjolda Glacier, Brucebyen) Bus transfers from/to your place of accommodation (or to the airport) in Longyearbyen on Day 1 and Day 3 Small groups with no more than 6-8 persons in each group.
English- and Russian- speaking guides will accompany you throughout the whole tour from start to finish. On the way back to Longyearbuen you will have the chance to explore Brucebyen, the most important cultural heritage site today from the Scottish activities in Spitsbergen. With a panorama filled with the massive Nordenskiöldbreen glacier, moraines, mountain tops, the whole Arctic dream is mirrored in Pyramiden. In the afternoon we will reach Pyramiden - a populated settlement in Svalbard until the end of the 90s, and now it is an Arctic time machine and open-air museum where you can easily get a feeling of the Soviet-style as the atmosphere and exteriors of the settlement have been accurately preserved.
To those who wish to discover the most extraordinary places in the world, you’ve never experienced anything alike. On our way we have a stop on the other side of Isfjorden in Skansebukta, one of the finest bays in the fjord. Get into the Arctic time-machine for a weekend - visiting the Soviet period settlement Pyramiden - a unique place with the ambience of the past century.
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