We packed the belted motorbike, a literal translation of "beltemotorsykkel" from Norwegian to English, and hit the road towards north. There are plenty of small cabins around the island and a colleague from work got lucky in the Easter lottery. Our colleagues had already left to the cabin on Saturday, so they were a bit cabin feverish by the time we arrived on Monday evening. We checked out the nearby skihill and then practiced driving on bare ice with little success. The weather was windy but sunny.
Noin 40 kilsaa suuntaansa / About 40km each way (Map: Norwegian Polar Institute) |
Longyearbyen Jeger- og Fiskeforening, Diabasodden hytte |
Naali / Arctic fox |
Kiirunat on valkoisia / Svalbard rock ptarmigan |
Wimanfjellet (914m) |
Huomaa mökki rannassa / Note the cabin at the shoreline |
Mökki näkyy kaukana rannalla / Spot the cabin! |
Porot ei ollu kovin säikkyjä / They knew it is not the hunting season |
Liukasta joka suuntaan / Slides in any direction |