Hello all,<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a few days since I last blogged so this may be a long one.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday we flew from London Heathrow to Stockholm which was exciting because it was my first ever flight. Then, on Thursday morning (very early on Thursday morning) we flew from Stockholm to Oslo then Oslo to Longyearbyen.<\/p>\n
In Longyearbyen we had a short tour of the mining town before going to the museum. There were many opportunities for taking photos of the surrounding scenery although I didn\u2019t have long because we were going to the Norwegian youth club. There I met Andreas and Daniel- two Norwegian (Svalbardian) boys who both had an extremely good understanding of English. We ate pizza and played pool and talked about their life in the arctic<\/p>\n
On Thursday we went to the school to do a workshop with the local children. Firstly however, we sat through a long presentation by Daniel about life in Svalbardian and also the annual reindeer hunt that the school children participate in. We then ate soup and bread made by the children. Afterwards, we did\u00a0 a movement piece with the children about climate change. We then had an hour to walk around Longyearbyen. Later we boarded the Noorderlicht (which was a lot smaller than I was led to believe). I was on first watch\u00a0 for three hours with Hayley and Doriana. We sailed to Trigghamna (Norwegian for \u201csafe harbor\u201d).<\/p>\n
Today, we went onshore for a little walk. Amongst other things, we saw a dead reindeer, a dead arctic fox and bits of dead whale. It was very interesting and exciting to be walking amongst such a different environment to what I\u2019m used to. About 20 minutes after we came back we saw a polar bear walking onshore. It was really cool seeing this big and powerful animal walking where we had just been.<\/p>\n
Anyhooo, that\u2019s it for now. Bye.<\/p>\n
P.S.<\/p>\n
Please note that the mobile phones don\u2019t work up here so I may not contact anyone until the end of the voyages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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