Arctic Husky Travelers - Longyearbyen Svalbard Spitsbergen
Fantastic small group dog sledding in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway. Check out Tommy and his dogs in the yard and on the tundra.
Svalbard Sled Dogs in Summer! Longyearbyen huskies rule
In Longyearbyen, a town of 2000 in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, far north of mainland Norway, the trusty teams of sled dogs exercise on roads during summer, pulling wheeled sleds (and their owners). I made this video minutes after speaking to the lady who owns the dogs (you can see her and her partner fly past on the sled). She warned me not to stand directly in front of the dogs. They will run over you she said. So, sorry for the wobbly video at the start:)
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Dog sledding in Svalbard
Dog sledding in the Northern most city Longyearbyen.
Arctic dogsledding with Svalbard huskies, Longyearbyen
Great winter activities with wonderful Svalbard huskies.
First you get to know the Alaska huskies, then a team of six huskies is selected for you. Then you first get the two lead huskies and harness them to the sleigh. While one waits with the lead huskies (to keep them calm), the other collects the four other huskies. When you have all six, you are ready to ride in magical surroundings! After the fantastic ride you unharness the huskies, congratulate them for a job well done, and feed all the huskies (including the ones who stayed behind).
Filming the operations in the harsh environment with lively and energetic huskies was a real (positive) challenge for us and the cameras.
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Dog sledding under the Northern Lights
Explore Svalbard with four legs ;)
Visiting SVALBARD in Winter
Visiting Svalbard during polar night, including seeing the northern lights in Svalbard, husky sledding, and hiking to an ice cave. Read more about my trip here:
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Husky Dog Sledding In Svalbard | Earth Unplugged
Whilst visiting Svalbard, Ben gets a chance to experience husky dog sledding.
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Svalbard Husky Sledding | Dog Sledding At North Pole
Svalbard Husky Sledding | Dog Sledding At North Pole
20 Siberian Huskies help us explore Svalbard.
Longyearbyen on Svalbard is the northernmost settlement with over 1000 residents
My trip to Norway was funded by Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Genepool Productions as part of a new project. More information soon.
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Come take a walk with me around Longyearbyen, the largest town on the Norwegian islands of Svalbard.
Parts of it look familiar, but make no mistake, this place is different.
At 78 degrees North, it lies just 800 miles or 1300 kilometres from the North Pole. And with over 2,000 permanent inhabitants it is the Northernmost real town on Earth.
There are only 50km of road, including the small streets between houses, so people get around the island mainly on snowmobile.
In fact there are more registered snowmobiles than residents.
Anyone leaving town is required to travel with a gun and someone who knows how to use it because the islands are also home to polar bears.
The average daytime high is below freezing for all but four months of the year, and from the end of October to mid-February the sun doesn’t rise at all. This is the long polar night.
Living here is tough. This past December an avalanche in town destroyed 10 homes, which used to be here, killing two people.
So how did this cold, remote, ice-covered archipelago come to be inhabited?
The hills around town are rich in coal deposits that have been mined for over 100 years.
The coal was transported to the port via a series of aerial tramways some of which remain today, though they are no longer operational.
Coal is a reminder that Svalbard was not always an Arctic ice world. 360 million years ago it was actually in the tropics North of the equator. A swampy area, it was covered with the precursors to modern ferns, which were much larger than they are today, reaching 10-30 metres in height.
This vegetation was then covered in mud and sand and submerged under the sea. Over time it turned into the coal deposits that in the 20th century brought miners from Norway, Russia, and the US.
Most of the coal mines have now closed and the economy is gradually shifting towards tourism, education and research.
Tourists take trips on snowmobiles and dog sleds.
There is a university centre in Svalbard, which offers semester courses in biology, physics and geology.
And up on the side of a mountain is the Svalbard Global seed vault… but that’s a story for another time.
The locals tell me that interest in the region from different nations is increasing.
As the globe warms and Arctic ice shrinks, trade routes are opening up across the North. And Svalbard is strategically placed between North America, Asia and Europe.
One day in the future Svalbard may no longer be as cold or remote as it once was.
But for now it is a reminder of how through our ingenuity people can live in the most inhospitable of places
svalbard husky ride in Longyearbyen
360 degree movie of my dog sledge experience in Svalbard.
Wild Dog Sled Ride in Longyearbyen Above the Arctic Circle
Dog sledding with Green Dog in Longyearbyen was polar opposites of sledding in Tromso (watch the two videos already uploaded:What you should know about Dog Sledding in Tromso, Norway and An Exciting Dog Sledding Excursion in Tromso). Green Dog is, unfortunately, not on my list of recommendations because of the following: they rushed us through preparations; most of the 4 hours was taken up with pick-up, changing clothes, driving to the glacier, harnessing dogs, numerous stops while sledding (which is okay - one hour of actual sledding is more than enough) and the COST - $230 USD a person!!
Further, you must mush your own sled which requires balance and strength. One sled overturned, and a woman was thrown from another sled and had to be taken to the Longyearbyen hospital! Steve and I took one look at the original situation and sat in the only sled operated by the professional Musher who was in charge of 4 sleds and 8 people.
The Tromso experience was much more to my liking and less expensive.
Svalbard Huskies
They are so excited! In Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. August 2013.
Arctic Adventures on Svalbard - Dog Sledding, Ice Cave, Northern Lights
In the arctic, on a dog sled, across a glacier, under the Northern Lights, to an ice cave. That's the kind of adventure that won't be forgotten any time soon.
Special thanks to my company Cautus Geo AS for sponsoring this amazing journey: cautusgeo.com;
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dog sledding in Longyearbyen
Rene and a guide are pulled by a team of huskies in the frozen north. Longyearbyen, Norway. 79 degrees latitude.
Dog sledding in the arctic - Svalbard, Norway
7 hours dog sledding trip to the Scott Turner Ice Cave in Bolterdalen - Svalbard, Norway. 2014.
Life in Svalbard - Leben in Spitzbergen EPISODE 13 Dog sledding in Summer
In Summertime I work as a guide in the arctic, but what does it mean to live here in Longyearbyen in svalbard / Spitzbergen how does it look like and what does it feel like to be here- that is what I want to Show in these Episodes.
Im Sommer lebe ich in der Arktis, aber was heißt es eigentlich hier in Longyearbyen in Spitzbergen / Svalbard zu leben? wie sieht's es aus? und wie fühlt es sich an? das möchte ich euch in diesen Episoden näher bringen.
Spitsbergen March 2012 trip - snowmobile excursion and dog sledding
Quick compilation of our 3 day trip to Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen.
Day 1 : Longyearbyen sightseeing with Wiggo from Maxi Taxi (3 hours) : great excursion !
Day 2 : snowmobile safari to Barentsburg (9 hours) : long drive but beautiful scenery
Day 3 : dog sledding to ice cave (7 hours) : snow too deep for the dogs, we had to push the sled up the mountain...Extremely tough but absolutely worth it!
Going there : Brussels-Stockholm-Oslo-Tromso-Longyearbyen
Coming back : Longyearbyen-Oslo-Brussels
Svalbard Husky Tour
An amazing trip to Svalbard which I will never forget.
【4K】Drone Footage | Longyearbyen - SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN 2019 : Cinematic Aerial Film | Spitsbergen
The final 4K footage of my drone flights in Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Longyearbyen); project finished & uploaded on 2019-04-29 by One Man Wolf Pack UltraHD Drone Footage.
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Svalbard and Jan Mayen Drone Flight: Longyearbyen is a small coal-mining town on Spitsbergen Island, in Norways Svalbard archipelago. This Arctic town is known for its views of the Northern Lights. The modern Svalbard Museum chronicles the regions natural and cultural history. It includes a stuffed polar bear. Live bears can occasionally be seen in the area. The North Pole Expeditions Museum recounts early efforts to reach the pole by air. Longyearbyen is on Adventfjorden Bay, which can be crossed by boat to reach Hiorthfjellet Mountains trails. Nearby, the Gruve 3 coal mine depicts Svalbards mining history. The underground Svalbard Global Seed Vault preserves backups of the worlds seeds in the name of food security. Husky-dog sleds and snowmobiles set off from Longyearbyen for trips farther afield to places like Isfjord Radio, a former transmission station with views overlooking the Arctic Ocean. Boat trips with fishing are also possible, reaching destinations like the walrus colony on the island of Prins Karls Forland. [wikipedia // Google]
Among others, you will see following places by Drone (Keywords): Lonyearbyen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen, Spitzbergen, Norway, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Polar Circle, Coal Mining, Northern Norway, Island, Ice, Snow, Mountain
Video [Internal ID 264] taken in 2018 and published in 2019
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Svalbard huskies
Tour with Green Dog Svalbard AS