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KAPP FREEDEN ............................................................................. 61
Hiking the Tundra with Reindeer ............................................... 62

Another Kayaking Outing .......................................................... 65
BJORNSUNDET ............................................................................. 67

Another Bear Sighting ............................................................... 71
Bear Hunt Successful – Seal not so Lucky .................................. 72
HEADING BACK ............................................................................ 75

Reference to Polar Bear Birthing Video ..................................... 76
Sighting a pod of Fin Whales ..................................................... 78

WALK ABOUT LONGYEARBYEN AND HOME ................................. 80

OSLO

Flights from Jacksonville to Newark & from Newark to Oslo went
as advertised. Jacksonville plane was small and not very

comfortable for legs; SAS to Oslo was comfy physically but seemed
long since neither of us could sleep on board very effectively.
Therefore, after 6 hrs. and 20 minutes, when we arrived in Oslo to

rain and overcast skies, we weren’t disappointed because that’s
how we felt.

Hotel Continental
Got to the Hotel Continental by about 9:30 AM (3:30 EST July 6)

and were very relieved to find that we could get into our
wonderful room! The hotel is across the street from the National

Theatre which is fronted by a statue of Norway’s most illustrious
playwright, Henrik Ibsen. We fell into the beds and slept until 2
PM when we got up to join the group for the 3 PM city tour. The

ride into Oslo from the airport was remarkable only for the
greenness of the land and the excellence of the road (which the

guide assured us was unique in Norway). We were really too gray