Part 2
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018.We got up early to this beautiful view.
Davening shacharis.
After breakfast, we were picked up by Better Moments (the outfitter we used).
Their unique lodge (they call it "office"), where we were outfitted with the appropriate gear.
Erlend, one of our guides, giving us a brief overview of the islands of Svalbard.
Reviewing the route we are planning to take.
Safety briefing.
Our other guard Renč, with his rifle (it's illegal to leave the town without a gun).
All of our stuff, the camping gear, extra gas, and emergency equipment were loaded onto 4 sleds.
One more lesson on how to operate the snowmobile.
And off we went.
Svalbard, a rough yet unblemished land. No photos can do justice its beauty - or roughness, for that matter (not even your TR
@Something Fishy.)
We drove through the most scenic mountains and valleys trying to make our way to the east coast of the island, where we were planning on setting up camp for the night.
We stopped at this beautiful site, to eat lunch and to daven mincha.
It's hard to show the size of those pieces of ice.
Bonding with
@Moishebatchy.
@Something Fishy taking some photos.
Yup, that's me up there.
@Moishebatchy gets grumpy if he misses his daily nap.
We continued to drive up the glacier for about another 2 hours or so, then stopped on top for sundown.
It was breathtaking - sadly this is the best photo my phone could take.
After driving a bit more we arrived at a safe place to set up camp.
Setting up camp.
It's getting darker, but we are still in the process of setting up our tents.
It took us about 2 hours to setup 6 small tents to sleep and one big heated tepee for eating, davening and to warm up a bit.
Time to warm up, we melted snow in a pot and Sous-vided our frozen food. Hot food never tasted so good....
And then the northern lights started, the most amazing display of nature's fireworks.
It started slow...
It got stronger by the minute...
And then it was all over us.
Our tent... Time to go to sleep
Stay tuned.....
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