Join us for two incredible wildlife boat tours from Svalbard with Hurtigruten and Better Moments! It's an epic day filled with arctic animals including a polar bear!
On this episode of Mapping It, we go on two different wildlife tours in Svalbard! We start our day on a HURTIGRUTEN SVALBARD wildlife tour on their hybrid electric catamaran. It's an EPIC DAY TRIP from Longyearbyen and we see so much wildlife including a POLAR BEAR, WALRUSES, WHALES, and tons of BIRDS! In the afternoon, we head to the SVALBARD HUSKY CAFE and cuddle some adorable pups while warming up with hot chocolate. In the evening, we take advantage of the MIDNIGHT SUN and go on a second boat tour from Longyearbyen! We join the Catch of the Day Tour with BETTER MOMENTS and hop on a RIB BOAT to explore BILLEFJORDEN. We see an elusive ARCTIC FOX and some happy SEALS. We also go past the abandoned Soviet-era mining town of PYRAMIDEN on our way to a glacier. It's an epic day in Longyearbyen!
Our first tour was with Hurtigruten Svalbard for the Wildlife and Glacier Cruise (not sponsored):
https://hurtigrutensvalbard.com/en/activities/boat/wildlife-and-glacier-cruise
Our second tour was with Better Moments for the Catch of the Day tour (not sponsored):
https://www.bettermoments.no/our-trips/catch-of-the-day/
We stayed at Maryann's Polarrigg (not sponsored):
https://polarriggen.com
We rented the 200-600mm Sony lens from Svalbard Camera Rental (not sponsored):
https://svalbardcamerarentals.net
The songs used in this episode are from Epidemic Sound:
https://share.epidemicsound.com/65ymq0
We're Karin and Jeremy! Just an average couple with a love for travel. We work full-time jobs that only offer limited vacation time, so we work hard to get the most out of our holidays. Join us on our adventures as we maximize our time off on Mapping It.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Hurtigruten Tour
02:00 Puffin Facts
05:16 Polar Bear Sighting
09:42 Pyramiden + Glacier
13:17 Hurtigruten Thoughts
15:24 Husky Cafe Svalbard
18:05 Better Moments Tour
21:36 Final Thoughts
25:30 Bloopers