The sun was due to arrive in Longyearbyen on Friday the 8th, so we took a trip to meet it the day before....
And we saw some very tame wildlife on our travels...
We knew about the sledge race for months, we planned our
tropical-pineapple-sledge for weeks, we talked about going outside to assemble
our (less fanciful) human-pile-sledge for hours, we tied a couple of sledges
together in minutes......I only wish I could say we completed the race in
seconds.....
Needless to say, we didn't receive first place (or any other
place for that matter), but we weren't last, and I personally think we were the
most enthusiastic...
(We even made it into the local paper! :) )
To top the weekend off, we took our new scooter (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) on a wee trip to Barentsburg. It was beautiful conditions for our first drive, blazing sunshine, relatively warm and no wind. But when the sun goes down and the sky is still light, driving a scooter, surrounded by a blanket of white terrain, is one of the most surreal experiences of my life. It must be similar to driving across a blank piece of paper in the wind; white on all sides, no sense of up nor down, no points of reference and absolutely no idea of what lies ahead! Honestly, I'd like to see The Stig do better.
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