Summary
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
5-hour RIB boat safari with Arctic nature guide
Lunch and warm drinks
physical requirements
This trip is not suitable for persons suffering from back pains or pregnant women. This is due to safety for your safety and wellbeing, and Basecamp Explorer can unfortunately not to take responsibility for health problems if this advice is neglected.
Language
Safety is our top priority during our trips. It is necessary for you to be able to communicate in English or a Scandinavian language if you want to join our excursions. The tour language (English or a Scandinavian language) will be chosen based on the group’s language skills.
BOOKING
After booking your 3- or 4-day adventure to Isfjord Radio, please contact our sales team to book your day trips. Contact us at spitsbergen@basecampexplorer.com.
NOTE
You need to book accommodation at Isfjord Radio Adventure Hotel in addition to this day trip. Follow the link below to find our summer overnight trips to Isfjord Radio:
Clothing and equipment
Despite Svalbard’s northern location, the archipelago has a relatively mild climate compared to areas at the same latitude. During the summer, the average temperature in Longyearbyen is 5°C. There is little rainfall, but fog and low cloud cover are not uncommon. Even though there is not much rain, the ground is often damp due to snowmelt. The weather in Svalbard can change rapidly, and local variations can be significant, so it’s better to bring too much clothing than too little.
Recommended clothing in the Arctic is always a woollen the base layer on the body, with a warm wool or flees sweater as mid-layer before topping it with a set of wind and waterproof jacket and trousers. On this trip, we provide a flotation suit for you to wear on top. If you tend to freeze easily, we recommend a pair of warm mid-layer pants and down jacket. A warm hat, buff, steady and waterproof hiking boots, woollen socks, warm mittens wind stopper on top is your key accessories in the Arctic. In the summer the sun shines around the clock and it is smart to bring sun protection and sunglasses. When you explore in Svalbard, we recommend bringing a backpack with space for a drinking bottle, snacks and room for extra layers of clothes.
Day trips from Isfjord Radio
Join your Isfjord Radio guide on one of our favourite tracks along the old radio poles of the station given three optional route and activity alternatives. The hike will be approximately 10-16 km long depending on route.
Min. 4 persons