Boat tour
Svalbard small-ship expedition (In the Realm of the Ice Bear / White Giants of Svalbard)
Inside Nordvest-Spitsbergenby Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris
A 14-day Svalbard circumnavigation-style voyage on a 12-passenger ice-strengthened ship with two Zodiacs and a bow observation deck, sailing from Longyearbyen. A professional wildlife photographer co-leads, the schedule is kept loose to stay with polar bears and walrus, and there is room in the Zodiacs for camera gear.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Led by
- Scott Davis
- Route
- Starts and ends in Longyearbyen
- Visits
- Svalbard archipelago
- Length
- 14 days
- Group size
- Up to 12 people
- Language
- English
Species
Months
- January, closed
- February, closed
- March, closed
- April, closed
- May, closed
- June, open
- July, open
- August, closed
- September, closed
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
Jun, Jul
Light and conditions
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Light through the year
Golden hour is when the sun is low, between the horizon and 6° above it: soft, warm light. Times are for the 15th of each month, in Oslo time (with summer time where it applies). In-season months are marked.
| Month | Golden hour | Daylight | Sun at noon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning golden hour | Evening golden hour | |||
| Jan | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −11° | |
| Feb | None: only blue hour around noon, 10:13–14:46 | 0h0 hpolar night | −2° | |
| Mar | 07:10– | 14:59– | 11h 8m11 h 8 min | 8° |
| Apr | 02:33– | 20:42– | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 20° |
| May | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 29° | |
| JunIn season | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 34° | |
| JulIn season | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 32° | |
| Aug | until 03:54 | from 22:34 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 24° |
| Sep | 06:01– | 17:56– | 14h 50m14 h 50 min | 13° |
| Oct | Low sun all day: 10:44–15:13 | 5h 31m5 h 31 min | 2° | |
| Nov | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −8° | |
| Dec | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −13° | |
- Midnight sun: the sun does not set on 15 April, 15 May, 15 June, 15 July and 15 August.
- Polar night: the sun does not rise on 15 January, 15 February, 15 November and 15 December.