Description: Guided ski touring and sailing expedition in arctic fjords off the west coast of Spitsbergen 1000 km north of Norway in the Svalbard archipelago
Backcountry ski touring and sailing expedition along the west coast of Spitsbergen, 1000 km from Norway and 1200 km from the North Pole. The Svalbard archipelago of over 60 mostly unpopulated islands is a wild and remote place, and at a latitude of greater than 78º it is level with Canada’s Ellesmere Island, or the northernmost end of Greenland. Our Ski and Sail expedition in Svalbard is a journey into one of the most unique and surreal ski touring destinations in the world with its juxtaposition of sea, mo
Planning the next day Mary-Ann's Lounge Basecamp Dining Room Basecamp Bedroom Svalbard Ski and Sail, Ymerbukta Ymerbukta, Svalbard Ski Touring Lagmannstoppen steep skiing, Svalbard Longyear harbour: the Noorderlicht and Linden moored side by side Spitsbergen Ski & Sail Jörg Wilz, Mountain Guide, on Sten de Geerfjellet Spitsbergen Ski & Sail Svalbard Ski & Sail Back to our ship for the night after a pefect day of skiing Tinayrebukta Scoping the ski lines Noorderlicht Tinayrebreen Glacier Walking up from the
Our Ski and Sail trips use a comfortable and spacious double-masted gaff-rigged sailing yacht, the s/v Noorderlicht (Dutch for “Northern Lights”). Our captain is Gert Ritzema, an old salt who rebuilt the Noorderlicht in the 1990s to its present form. Travel by boat enables us to sample the best ski touring and ski mountaineering spots along the west coast of Spitzbergen, Svalbard’s largest island. Given the long days in spring, there will not be any rush: around the clock the midnight sun provides an amazi