Hello mountains

It's always nice to see our town from further away. Then we can really realise how small our town actually is between the mountains.

I think I can never be tired to see snowy mountains and fjords between them.

The point with the driving around with scooters is actually to enjoy these fantastic mountains. It feels good to be surrounded by them and see how majestics they really are.

Wind has made amazing desing on the mountain sides. I could think about to have that design on my wall papers.

The Sun Festival - Solfestuka

At 8th of March the sun is shining on the steps of the old hospital. That hospital is gone for long time ago and even the steps are just a copy but we're anyhow celebrating the return of the sun on that day.

People are gathering around they place were the hospital was in old days. Everybody is waiting excatingly: Will we see the sun this year or is it hiding behind the clouds?

It was -26 degrees Celcius and weather was brilliand. But organizers of the celebration had got the wrong time when the sun is getting over the mountains and so the most of the people got home before the sun came up.

Even thoug there didn't came any big celebration in that cold weather it was fantastic to get the sun back on our town. I think there is a reason to celebrate that a complete week.

-30 and windchill

We got in Svea about everything between fantastic sunshine to fresh breeze.

Week started with great weather. It was cold and windy, but that have to accepted in winter time. You see the ground is totally black around the town. That's coal dust from the processing coal.

The sun is finally over the mountains as it never been away.

Days are getting longer and longer. This picture is taken at 6:30. It's much nice to wake up when you know it's already starting to get light at that point of time.

But then weather changed and after that it was better to prioritise the work what could be done inside. 

We didn't have much view from our windows.

Now the dark time is over and I'm happy to see my plants have survived over the winter. Quite impressing, becuase they really haven't got much light on our room with all of those ineffective compact fluorescent lamps.

1000 km southward - Tromsø

To take a 1000 km tour southward can sound like a pretty long trip, but actually we "just" end up to Tromsø then. But Tromsø is a really nice town and for a small week trip it's an easy access. Just about 1,5 hours flight and we're almost middle of the town.

Our hairy companion was following us - of course. He needs to be traveling inside cargo. For sure he doesn't think that's the best thing, but he accepts that because that's the way how he can follow us. He takes his tail between his legs but jumps voluntarily up in his own cage. He is already an experienced traveller and really easy to have with.



Tromsø is a nice town with great surrounding. We had a really cosy week nearby Tromsø.

We couldn't avoid polar bears even in Tromsø. Luckily these ones were peaceful.

Way to home

One week at work is over again and we sit ready in Dornier-228.

 

Pilots are doing good work. We can see them on the cockpit.

 

Hello Longyearbyen - We are almost there!

Welcome back!

Just guess what's making that beautiful colouring on the mountains - the sun is finally over the horizon! I haven't seen it yet, it's still behind the mountains, but just that pink colour on the mountains is making me so happy.

Hello neighbours

We had a little trip to Barentsburg, our Russian neighbourtown.

Meltwater on the front of a glacier.

During this trip we didn't get so many pink cloud - in stead clouds were dramatically dark.

I think the school in Barentsburg is painted fantastically.

It's a real piece of art.

There has been done lot of renovations in the town with fixing and painting the houses.

Time for twilight tours

During last week off we were having nice tours around. Even though the sun was still under the horizon, there was enough light for to have a "day light" tour with scooters. It felt so nice to drive out again after the dark season and to see mountains around.

Pink clouds are giving a promise that we get soon the sun back.

A huge group tourists having a dog sledge tour. With light we get also tourists back.

The waxing crescent moon is mystically hiding behind the clouds.

Twilight isn't that long and on the way home it was starting to get dark again.

The town with it lights looks welcoming.