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
  • Barentsburg group 1, 12:30. Assemble outside Radisson at 1230 sharp!
  • Petter Bjørstad
  • Marcus Sarkis
  • Eirik Keilegavlen
  • Victoria Dolean
  • Lise-Marie Imbert-Gerard
  • Tonatiuh Sanchez-Vizuet
  • John N Shadid
  • Matthias Bolten
  • Mario Bebendorf
  • Hermann Schneider
  • Bankim C Mandal
  • Bankim C Mandal wife
  • Kaibo Hu
  • Martin Jakob Gander
  • Oliver Sander
  • Emanuele Ragnoli
  • Jarle Sogn
  • Bruno Despres
  • Jocelyne Erhel
  • Jocelyne Erhel mann
  • Ansgar Burchardt
  • Raffael Casagrande
  • Barentsburg group 2, 12:30. Assemble outside Radisson at 1230 sharp!
  • Stefano Zampini
  • Andrei Kniazev
  • Marina Kniazeva
  • Ronald Haynes
  • Paul Kuberry
  • Andrew McRae
  • Francisco Gaspar
  • Hongxuan Zhang
  • James Adler
  • Liv Rebecca Arnedatter Aae
  • Li Xiaozhou
  • Ludmil T Zikatanov
  • Jed Brown
  • Xiaozhe Hu
  • Ralf Kornhuber
  • Michael Minion
  • Julien Salomon
  • Jongho Park
  • Sebastian Goetschel
  • Augustin Parret-Freaud
  • Luca Gerardo-Giorda
  • Carmen Rodrigo
  • Barentsburg group 3, 13:00. Asemble outside Radisson at 1300 sharp!
  • Boyan Stefanov Lazarov
  • Jonathan Youett
  • Faycal Chaouqui
  • Pratik Mahadeo Kumbhar
  • Stefan Dohr
  • Duk-Soon Oh
  • Riha Lubimir
  • Ulrich Rude
  • Jakub Both
  • Martin Lanser
  • Alexander Heinlein
  • Tommaso Vanzan
  • Gabrielle Ciaramella
  • Tomas Kozubek
  • Daisuke Tagami
  • Wietse Boon
  • Carsten Graser
  • Rolf Krause
  • See more descriptions at This Web site

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

  • 20 slots booked, 2 slots available.
  • This excursion takes about 5 hours
  • The maximum number of participants will be 22
  • You need to bring your drivers licence (for car) if you have one
  • See more descriptions at This Web site

  • Tell Glacier group 4, 13:30. Assemble outside Radisson at 1330 sharp!
  • Andreas Hessentahaler
  • Scott Congreve
  • Marie Rognes
  • Martin Hanek
  • Jakub Sistek
  • Matteo Aletti
  • Olivier Tissot
  • Matthieu Lecouvez
  • Jacob Schroder
  • Jesse Murray
  • Marco Donatelli
  • Blanca Ayuso
  • Vanessa Mattesi
  • Christoph Hofer
  • Iain Smears
  • Ingrid von Glehn
  • Lorenzo Botti
  • Francesco Bassi
  • Axel Klawonn
  • Oliver Rheinbach

Hike on foot to Varden / Plateau mountain

  • 16 slots booked, this trip is full.
  • This excursion takes about 3 hours.
  • Hot drinks and biscuits will be served
  • Minimum number of participants will be 6
  • Maximum number of participants will be 16
  • You need solid shoes/boots for outdoor hiking and a wind-proof jacket
  • Participants will be driven to the trailhead from Radisson
  • 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