Northern lights evening

The Northern Lights Evening is a dinner and talk at Camp Barentz, a small group of cabins in Adventdalen, outside Longyearbyen. One cabin is a copy of the one in which Willem Barentz overwintered on Novaya Zemlya in 1596.

A bus collects guests at the hotel and drives 10 to 15 minutes up the valley to the camp. A host who carries polar bear protection receives the group. Inside, guests sit around a large campfire and are served drinks, reindeer bidos, coffee and dessert. The host then explains the northern lights with information and photographs. After the talk, the group goes outside to look for the lights in the sky, away from the lamps of town. Whether they appear is not certain. The bus then returns everyone to Longyearbyen.

The evening lasts three hours. Hurtigruten Svalbard's page rates the difficulty 2 out of 5 and describes it as suitable for most people. The age limit is 0 years. The period given is October to February. Transport, the meal and the drinks are part of the evening. The operator's page gives no group size, packing list or weight limits.