Spitsbergen. Svalbard. Przewodnik turystyczny
- Spitsbergen. Svalbard with Franz Josef Land and Jan Mayen. Bradt. Przewodnik turystyczny wyd. Bradt autor: Andreas Umbreit
Wydawnictwo: Bradt
Przewodnik turystyczny
ISBN: 9781784770471
Autor: Roger Norum, James Proctor
Liczba stron: 272
Format: 13.5 x 21.5 cm
Oprawa: miękka
Język: angielski
Wydanie: 2018
Opis:
The Bradt guide to Svalbard, including Spitsbergen, Franz Josef Land and Jan Mayen, is a unique, standalone guidebook to this evocative Arctic archipelago, a place that is plunged into darkness for four months each year and where there are 4,000 snow scooters for a population of just 2,500. This new sixth edition has been thoroughly updated throughout and offers new material on everything from adventure tours to accommodation, environmental change to restaurants. Also covered are the restoration of Barentsburg and the opening of Svalbard’s historic mine to visitors Newly updated and amended, this edition reflects important recent changes in the archipelago, making it the perfect guide to a quintessential bucket-list destination.
Possibly the most remote
destination in the developed world, Svalbard is as off the beaten track as you
can get in Europe today. It is the planet’s most northerly settled land and the
top (if not the end) of the world, and it was on and around Svalbard that most
of David Attenborough’s Frozen Planet was filmed. A trip to Svalbard easily
lends itself to notching up geographic superlatives (most northerly kebab, most
northerly souvenir shop, etc) and adventurous travellers seek out experiences
such as husky driving and hikes across the permafrost.
The main tourist period falls in
Svalbard’s brief summer, from June to August, when it’s light around the clock
and not very cold. However, increasingly popular for winter sports – especially
because the next few years will enjoy unusually high Northern Lights activity –
are the so-called ‘light winter’ months (March-May), when there is both sunlight
and snow. The winter season (November/December-March) offers many possibilities
for outdoor adventure – and the polar night is an experience in itself. Despite
winter temperatures that can drop to over 40 below zero, Svalbard’s glorious
mountains, majestic fjords and sprawling valleys are the perfect setting for
adventurous journeys out to the back of beyond.
This brand-new edition of
Svalbard provides all of the practical and background information you’ll need to
explore this wild place, turning the hostile into the hospitable.
