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V. Svalbard (Norway)
Appendices 111
All groups planning to visit should make contact with the Governors office Longyearbyen
to ascertain what level of information they will need to provide for their planned visit.
BSES Expeditions at the RGS-IBG in London have extensive experience of running
expeditions to Svalbard’s main island of Spitsbergen.
All expedition require the Sysselman’s (Norwegian governor) approval and are
required to have proof of adequate rescue insurance. At all times of the year outside
inhabited areas you are required to carry polar bear safety gear including large bore rifle
and bullets, trip wires and pen flares. These can all be hired in Longyearbyen.
Snowmobiles are restricted only in certain areas and are common around
Longyearbyen and as a result it can be demoralising if you’re on foot/ski. You are welladvised
to begin your journey by chartering a snowmobile to drop you off outside the area.
Permissions
Contact the Sysselman pa Svalbard (Norwegian governor’s) office in Longyearbyen in
Svalbard for info.
Contacts Norway/Svalbard
Arctic Adventures, N-9710, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. Tel: +47 79 02 16 24,
email: info@arctic-adventures.no Run by Jens Abild.
Alfa Skofabrikk A/S, N-2760 Brandbu, Norway. Tel: +47 61 334 700; fax +47 61 335
842. Nordic Ski boot manufacturer who also make specialist polar ski boots.
Borge Ousland, Norway. Email: borge@ousland.com; website: www.ousland.com.
Ousland was first man solo unsupported to North Pole, across Antarctica and most
recently, solo across the Arctic Ocean.
Hvitserk, Ullern Allé 41, N-0381 Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47 24 12 62 30; fax: +47 24 12 62
31; email: post@hvitserk.no; website: www.hvitserk.no
Info-Svalbard, Boks 323, N9170 Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Tel: +47 790 22303; fax: +47
790 21020.
Ingenior G. Paulsen AS. Tel: +47 79 02 32 00, Fax: +47 79 02 18 10, Email:
firmapost@igp.no, Website: www.igp.no
Norsk Polar Institutt, c/o Polar Environment Centre, N-9296 Tromso, Norway. Tel: +47
77 75 0500, fax: +47 77 75 0501 (Longyearbyen, tel: +47 790
22610).www.npolar.no
Norwegian Polar Klubb, PostBoks 58, Bygdoy, N-0211 Oslo, Norway. Tel +47 22 43
7697 email mehlum@npolar.no
Nybyen Gjesthaus, c/o Spitsbergen Travel AS, Vandrehjem, Boks 500, N9170
Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Tel: + 47 790 22450; fax: + 47 790 21005. Dormitory
accommodation in Longyearbyen.
Poste Restante, Post Kontorot, N9170 Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
Pyramiden, Director, 9179 Pyramiden, [Svalbard?] Tel: +47 80[missing number?]
21455. For information on area.
Svalbard Safari, (Normann Holm), Boks 490, N9170 Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Tel: + 47
790 21312; fax: +47 790 21810. Offer guided trips and logistic support in Svalbard.