BOUNDLESS ARCTIC EXPRESS

2 DAYS SNOWMOBILE TOUR TO BARENTSBURG

Wanna see the incredible?

Spend a weekend in Barentsburg! One of the most fascinating places in the world. The scene of the town is based on tradition and innovation.

This is a place where you will see how the stories have been created then and now. Images of Amundsen and Peary’s pole exploration on dog sleds will take on life right in front of you in our Husky Center. Here, right next to the North Pole you can taste delightful food and a locally made beer on the glacier lake water brewed here in Barentsburg.

This is the only place in the world where you can get into the operating coal mine with a guided tour.

The extraordinary is closer than you think! Come and get it.

2 days on snowmobile

No experience

required

Available for children from 12 y/o

Comfortable hotel accommodation

OPEN DATES IN 2023:

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TOUR PRICE PER PERSON:

Driver on the snowmobile

price TBA

Passenger on the snowmobile

price TBA

THE PRICE INCLUDES:

Transfer

Transfer to/from your place of accommodation in Longyearbyen
Snowmobile trips between the settlements

Accommodation

1 night in the hotel Barentsburg (TWIN/DBL accommodation)

Meals:

1 Breakfast
2 Set Lunches
1 Set Dinner
Beer tasting

Activities:

Guided tour around Barentsburg
Excursion in the ArtArctic Gallery

Snowmobile & equipment rental

Ski-doo Expedition 600 E-TEC/ Lynx Commander 600 E-TEC, fuel 
Rental of winter overalls, boots, gloves, and a helmet

Safety

Guide services
Insurance covering search and rescue, evacuation costs in case of emergency

THE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

Flight to/from and accommodation in Longyearbyen
Bar drinks or a-la carte orders beyond the tour program
Souvenirs
Individual travel insurance

ADDITIONAL SERVICES:

Tour to the Mine

450 NOK / Person

Visit to the Husky Center

100 NOK / Person

Dog Sledding

690 NOK / Person

Sauna

500 NOK / 2 hours

Optional activities:

Visit to the Husky Center – 150 NOK /person
Tour to the Mine – 600 NOK/person
Handicraft Center – 150 NOK/person

Dog sledding 12 км – 790 NOK/person
Dog sledding 10 км – 690 NOK/person
Dog sledding 3,5 км – 250 NOK/person

Dog-trekking 3-4 hrs – 490 NOK/person

TOUR PRICE

WHAT IS INCLUDED

TRAVEL DATES

ITINERARY

DAY 1

09:00 - Pick-up from your place of accommodation in Longyearbyen to the Expedition Center Russkiy Dom

Tour briefing, safety and snowmobile instructions, equipment fitting and packing

Departure by snowmobile to Barentsburg by route: Longyearbyen – Todalen – Skiferdalen – Grøndalen – Barentsburg

Snowmobiling: 75 km, 3 - 4 hours

Arrival to Barentsburg, check-in, unpacking

Lunch in the hotel restaurant Rijpsburg

Guided tour in Barentsburg and visit to the ArtArctic Gallery

Barentsburg is the warmest place in the Arctic as you feel at home as soon as you arrive. On the tour, your guide will get you acquainted with the town stories of then and now and you will live through traditions of the locals. While in the ArtArctic Gallery, you’ll follow the history from Willem Barents to present-day and will go back to the roots of Svalbard discovery.

Dinner in a bar, tasting of local beer

To summarize the impressions of the day you’ll head to the first brewery on Svalbard – Red Bear, where you will taste locally made beer brewed on water from the glacier lake Stemme located across the fjord. You will find out what sorts are there and define which one is your favorite.

Overnight in the hotel Barentsburg

Restaurant Rijpsburg is named after the first Dutch coal mining settlement on Svalbard that was founded in 1920 on the peninsula Bohemanneset on the northern coast of Isfjorden. It was named after Jan Cornelisz Rijp, a captain leading one of the ships of Willem Barentsz’s expedition, who dis-covered and opened Svalbard in 1596. Our menu includes dishes made with Arctic fish species that we catch ourselves in waters near Barentsburg (cod, haddock, wolffish, and the Arctic char), and the product is completely prepared with our own hands.

Barentsburg is the Russian «capital» of Svalbard. It is a town of Arctic stories written by Dutch explorers, Russian and Norwegian trappers, American and German merchants, adventurers, Soviet builders of communism and Russian miners. Barentsburg was founded in 1921 by the Dutch as a coal-mining settlement. Since 1931 it has been under the State Trust «Arcticugol» administration. The population is approximately 500 people.

DAY 2

This day there is an option to visit the mine of Barentsburg (at extra cost).

It is the only operating coal mine in the world where you can get into with a tour. You can see cooperation between man and nature, mechanisms of getting into the ground depth and mine reinforcement. The tour is guided by a real miner so that you will get first-hand knowledge.

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant

After the breakfast, you are welcome to visit Barentsburg Husky Center (at extra cost)

The Husky Center is unique because we have almost all the Arctic sled dog breeds. This is a place where images of the pole exploration by Amundsen and Peary take on life right in front of you. You can try yourself as a real musher and go for dog sledding along the shore of Grønfjorden to see one of the most breathtaking views around (at extra cost).

Visit to the souvenir shop and post office

You will be able to buy the authentic souvenirs, that are made either in the Handicraft Center or in Northern Russia. The Post Office with the interiors of the Norwegian post offices of the 19-20th Centuries will also be on the way, so you could send some postcards to your family and friends from one of the Northernmost towns on the Earth.

Lunch in the hotel restaurant

Departure to Longyearbyen by route: Barentsburg – Colesdalen – Fardalen – Longyearbyen

Snowmobiling: 65 km, 3-3,5 hours

Arrival in Longyearbyen (approx. 18:00)

Transfer to your place of accommodation in Longyearbyen

Barentsburg Husky Center would probably be the cutest and fluffiest location in Barentsburg. 80 doghouses on the Grønfjorden shore stand against the background of the magnificent Esmark glacier (Esmarkbreen). When we started the project, we soon realized that there is plenty of various North sled dog breeds and at different times they all were actively involved in the exploration of the Arctic and dog sledding sport. Thus we had an idea to create a project of the kennel with all the Arctic sled dog breeds. Nowadays, there is no kennel of the sort. Our task is ambitious but so far, we've been doing pretty well.

*On Svalbard, weather conditions change quickly so that is why for the safety and comfort of our guests, the tour program might be changed regarding the itineraries and destinations.