Day 1. Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen
Arrival to Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen.
Meeting at the Longyearbyen airport and transfer to your independently booked hotel in Longyerbyen.
Free time in the city.
19:00 - Information meeting, where our staff will brief you on the current situation at the Barneo Ice Camp, inform about polar flight departure time, and answer any questions you might have.
20:00 - Welcome dinner in a restaurant.
Day 2. Barneo
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Barneo Ice Camp.
Flight Longyearbyen - Barneo on the aircraft AN-74 (approximate flight time 2 hours 30 minutes).
Arrival to Barneo, which is about 89 degrees north latitude.
Accommodation in the heated tents (each tent can accommodate 10-12 people).
At first chance MI-8 helicopter will take you to the geographic North Pole (the approximate flight time 40 minutes).
The celebration of reaching the North Pole! You can phone your relatives and friends by satellite phone. In the environs of the North Pole you spend 1-2 hours. Returning to the ice camp by helicopter MI-8 (approximate flight time 40 minutes).
The ceremony of awarding certificates of reaching the North Pole in the most north cafe - Polar Cafe Barneo!
Night in heated tents Barneo Ice Camp.
Day 3. Barneo
Free time at Barneo.
An incomparable day at Barneo.
You can see the work of scientific expeditions at the ice camp, the process of diving under ice or daily life of the drifting station and visit lectures by our lecturers.
You may try to be a Polar skier, crossing the endless polar desert: we provide you with a set of ski and a fully loaded sledge. You will ski around the ice camp and fill with your own body: how it is to cross the Polar ice!
You may experience optional activities as a North Pole Polar Plunge in a polynya (a pool, made in the ice with sea water), Polar Sauna, Ice Diving at the North Pole or even a Parachute Jump at the North Pole (all activities must be booked in advance).
Flight to Longyearbyen on the AN-74 (approximate flight time 2 hours 30 minutes).
On arrival to Longyearbyen transfer to your hotel.