Svalbard tourist information with details about
travel to and around the country. Where to stay and what to see is made easier with
insider tips and hand-selected Svalbard links, by dedicated editors and visitors to
TravelNotes.org - The Online Guide to Travel.
Svalbard, a part of Norway, is
an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, formerly Spitsbergen, between Norway and the North
Pole.
Svalbard comprises all lands between latitude 74° and 81° North
and between longitude 10° and 35° East.
Early Norwegian stories mentioned Svalbard, and the islands were
rediscovered by a Dutch expedition under the navigator Willem Barents in 1596.
The first settlement was founded when the Norwegians started mining
coal in the region during the 1890s and Norway's claim to the islands was formally
recognised in 1920.
The islands of Svalbard were used for several polar expeditions,
including that of Sir William Parry in 1827, Fridtjof Nansen in 1893, and Roald Amundsen
and Umberto Nobile in 1926.
The main islands of Svalbard are Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet,
Barentsøya, Edgeøya, Kong Karls Land, Prins Karls Forland, and Bjørnøya.
Svalbard,
the Arctic Pearl:
Tourist information for the arctic archipelago Svalbard, Spitsbergen.
Svalbard Polar Travel:
Come along on a unique journey to one of the world's most remote areas. Experience
penguins, enormous mountains of ice and a spectacular landscape where man is still the
exception rather than the rule.
Spitsbergen Travel:
Polar bear safaris and igloo camps. This tour site also includes some miscellaneous facts
and wonderful polar photography to enjoy.
Svalbard
Snowmobilerental:
One of the largest snowmobile rental firms on Svalbard and have more than 100 snowmobiles
for hire. Svalbard Snøscooterutleie also arrange guided snowmobile tours every day; to
different destinations on Svalbard.
Svalbard Links:
Large collection of Svalbard related links, not all of them to English websites though.
Books
on Spitsbergen Travel:
Browse Amazon's best-selling list of books on travel in Spitsbergen.
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