'Landet av Isbjørn' literally meaning 'the land of the ice bear' is the name often used for the islands of Svalbard

  After flying north to Trondheim, then south to Oslo, then back north again, we touched down in Svalbard at midnight last night. As we approached this remote arctic archipelago the entire plane was glued to the windows, staring out at the vast icy world below, bathed in a silvery light.. It was just awesome. I have never been on a plane before when the excitment was super high, even the flig

After flying north to Trondheim, then south to Oslo, then back north again, we touched down in Svalbard at midnight last night. As we approached this remote arctic archipelago the entire plane was glued to the windows, staring out at the vast icy world below, bathed in a silvery light.. It was just awesome. I have never been on a plane before when the excitment was super high, even the flight atte

  It feels like a long time coming, but Jaime, PG and I have finally come together for the first time.  I flew from New Zealand, and Jaime from Canada, and we have spent the past 5 days at PGs home in Molde, Norway. I was maxed out with 30kgs of checked luggage and another 16kgs of hand luggage.. (still not sure how I pulled that one off!) and Jaime arrived with three gigantic bags and anothe