DD24 Conference - Excursion

Excursions on February 8th.

All excursion activities must be booked in advance, as follows:

Send email to: marit@svalbardbooking.com
Write: DD24 / "activity" on the subject line
(ie.: specify your choice, see below for activity options)
Marit will then send you a return email with a secure payment link
Pay for your selected activity by credit card
Marit will send a confirmation that your booking is registered and in good shape
The DD24 conference has agreed on special pricing for all participants.

The main time period to explore Svalbard will be
Wednesday, February 8th. from 1200 - 2400.

The Scientific Program will begin one hour earlier, this is to maximize daylight
The Scientific Program will end by 1150 - Noon, on this day
Lunch will be served, starting at 1150 sharp
All participants that shall use a snow-scooter will walk together with their group to/from the Radisson hotel to/from the snow-scooters, this is a 5-7 minute walk.
All groups will leave from Radisson between 1230 and 1400, see below.
All outdoor activities require that you wear warm clothing, also for your head and hands
Note that the information provided by the local company (links below) is inaccurate wrt. the (start) time, all activities will be in the time frame allocated by the conference.

Excursion to The Russian town of Barentsburg - THIS TRIP WILL GO TO ANOTHER PLACE

64 slots booked, we can take 2 more!
This is our longest excursion, about 8-9 hours.
Highly recommended, we may limit the number of participants to 66
You will be able to drive a snow-scooter (2 or 1 person(s) per machine)
The distance driven (round trip) is about 120 kilometer
You need to bring your drivers licence (for car)
At most 20 participants without a drivers license
Dinner will be served in Barentsburg
As you will be riding a snow-scooter for many hours, you need some stamina/endurance

Excursion to the Tell glacier with Ice Cave exploration, THIS TRIP WILL GO TO ANOTHER DESTINATION

Hike on foot to Varden / Plateau mountain

Hike to Varden/platau group 7, starts 13:30. Assemble outside Radisson at 1330 sharp!
Pierre-Henri Cocquet
Giovanni Samaey
Ivan Graham
Luca Pavarino
Nicole Spillane
Olof Widlund
Andrea Moiola
David Keys
Paola Gervassio
Guillaume Morel
Simone Scacchi
Zdenek Dostal
David Horak
Vaclav Hapla
Radim Sojka
Jon Eivind Vatne

Sightseeing around Longyearbyen by bus

11 slots booked, 4 slots available
This excursion takes about 3-4 hours
The main destination will be a stop at a camp where you will meet dogs used for arctic dog-sleds
Warm drinks and biscuits will be served while seeing the sled dogs.
This tour will end with a visit to the Svalbard museum.
Participants will return from the museum independently.

Bussightseeing group 8, starts 13:15. Assemble outside Radisson at 1315 sharp!
Lori Badea
Lori Badea wife
Seungil Kim
Olof Runborg
Laura Grigori
Laura Grigori husband
Laura Grigori 6 year boy
Laura Grigori 16 year girl
Veronique Martin
Stefan Ulbrich
Olaf Steinbach
Manfred Liebmann

Northern Light Safari

32 slots booked, 10 slots available
This excursion takes about 3-4 hours
This is the shortest trip with snow-scooter that can be offered
The maximum number of participants will be 44
You need to bring your drivers licence (for car) if you have one
Northern light requires a clear sky, the trip will go also when overcast
See more descriptions at This Web site
Northern Ligth safari group 5, starts 14:00. Assemble outside Radisson at 1400 sharp!
Daniel B Szyld
Jacopo Corno
Alfio Quarteroni
Marcella Bonazzoli
Xiao-Chuan Cai
xiao-Chuan Cai Datter
Leszek Marcinkowski
Christian Vergara
Lulu Liu
Jose Garay
Chang-Ock Lee
Guanglian Li
Eun-Hee Park
Jinru Chen
Sebastian Reyes Riffo
Jinchao Xu
Jenny Li
Marrisa Xu 12 år
Martin Weiser
Jun Zou
Jun Zou wife

Northern Ligth safari group 6, starts 14:00. Assemble outside Radisson at 1400 sharp!
Hee Jun Yang
Johannes Kraus
Stefan Takacs
Clemens Hofreither
Ke Chen
Ke Chen wife
Yingxiang Xu
Felix Kwok
Xavier Claeys
Santiago Badia
Marc Olm
John Pearson
Mattia Tani
Shuonan Wu
Andreas Langer