In August a team from the Natural History Museum in Oslo will follow up their previous excavations in Svalbard and uncover specimens of prehistoric reptiles - Plesiosaurs and Ichthyosaur.
This is your chance to experience an excavation site up close and learn more about the prehistoric reptiles that used to live here! In cooperation with the archeologists, Spitsbergen Travel offers an Isfjord Safari with a visit to the excavations.We will pick you up at your accomodation and brief you before we head out in an open Polarcirkel boat to Deltaneset. From the shore we will have an easy 1 hour hike to the excavation site at 200 m.o.s.l. At the site we will be briefed by the archeologists about their work.We will have a simple meal and a hot drink before returning to the boat and return back to Longyearbyen.The boats are quite small and you may experience some bumpy sea and sea spray. The safari is not recommended for people with back problems or pregnant women.The safari may be changed due to weather conditions. All participants are requested to dress warmly, wear hiking boots and a hat and mittens.The price includesPick-up at your accomodation (not including the camping site), transport with Polar circle boat to and from Deltaneset, floatation suit, expedition lunch, hot drink, guide with necessary safety equipment, insurance.
Book the trip online or contact us:Tel.: +47 79 02 61 00 or by email: info@spitsbergentravel.no For booking not online, please fill out trip application and sent to us.Trip application (pdf).Trip application (word).Conditions for sales (pdf).
NOK 1190 adultNOK 795 children u/14 years
6 hours
4th - 15th of August 2012Mon/Wed/Fri 14.00Tue/Thur/Sat/Sun 09.00
Min. 2 personsMax. 11 persons
8 years
SPITSBERGEN TRAVEL AS, Postboks 548, 9171 LongyearbyenTlf.: +47 79 02 61 00 | Faks: +47 79 02 61 01E-post: info@spitsbergentravel.no