Proud trapping traditions are kept alive in the middle of Longyearbyen. Basecamp Spitsbergen, opened in February 1999, is a hotel apart. With driftwood from the beac ...

Here you will find our prices for rooms at the hotel and at the Boat in the Ice.
We recommend a combination of spending nights at the comfortable hotel and a roundtrip with a scooter or a dog sleigh in winter.

Some practical travel tips concerning flights, airticket prices, lodging, meals, activities and sights, including tips as to when one should travel.

Historically there are primarily two circumstances that have led to boats being locked in the sea ice off the coasts of Svalbard: research and hunting. For the most part the scienteists in ...