Words cannot describe Spitsbergen. This must be how an Ice Age would look like. If you want to do something like this, be aware that there are rarely any trails or markings and be aware of the special properties of ground and rock due to permafrost. And of course you cannot do anything on Spitsbergen without a gun. Polar bears...

Anreise und erster Tag Part of it I will be writing in English. There might be people interested in the information about the trip, who do not speak German. Schon lange hatte ich davon geträumt endlich wieder einmal in den Bergen Norwegens auf Tour zu gehen. Leider hat es sich nie ergeben und die vielen Tourenpläne blieben in...