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July 5 to July 15, 2003
Lindblad Expeditions
Contents
OSLO .............................................................................................. 3
Hotel Continental ........................................................................ 3
A Wee Bit Of History ................................................................... 4
CITY TOUR ................................................................................... 5
Vigeland Sculpture Garden In The Frognerpark .......................... 5
Fram Museum ........................................................................... 10
SVALBARD .................................................................................... 12
Getting There ............................................................................ 12
Moose Red Lights And Moose Bridges (Overpasses) ................ 12
The Island of Spitsbergen .......................................................... 13
The City of Longyearbyen ......................................................... 15
OUR VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY ....................................................... 21
Hornsund Fjord--East Coast Of Spitsbergen .............................. 24
Trapper Cabin ......................................................................... 29
Polar Bear Still-Hunting ............................................................. 33
We Go Sea Kayaking .................................................................. 35
Fogbound In Svalbard ............................................................... 38
Zodiac Ride with Bar Service ..................................................... 38
Hilarious Story of Man and Polar Bear Encounter ..................... 41
HINLOPEN STRAIT ........................................................................ 43
Stalking the Hauled-out Walrus ................................................ 43
Lecture on Arctic Wildlife .......................................................... 48
Hike Cancelled by Bear .............................................................. 52
Walrus Facts .............................................................................. 53
Land of the Midnight Sun .......................................................... 54
Thoughts on the Polar Bear ...................................................... 55
HELEYSUNDET – NARROW SOUND .............................................. 56
Where do Polar Bears and Walrus get fresh water to drink? .... 57
