Travel to Norway

Spitsbergen: Svalbard, Franz Josef, Jan Mayen, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide

Format: Paperback
Author: Andreas Umbreit
ReleaseDate: 01 August, 2005
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Rating:

Suitable for information only - not for a travel guide
Having just returned from this region on an Artic cruise, many of the landings on my itinerary are not covered in this book. I purchased this book as a travel guide however it is more suited for those arm-chair readers. And many of the destinations in this book are rarely visited so I would not recommend this book as a travel guide to Svalbard. You will find more useful information on the search engines.
The author devotes too many pages on technical information rather than as a practical guide. Other travelers on the cruise had the same comment about this book being impractical.

Reliable Info on Northernmost Landmasses on Earth
3 degrees Celsius, confirmed in this book and elsewhere. This book is a great source for curious minded people who wonder about those hidden Islands within 500 miles of the North Pole!

It is amazing to note that this island of Svalbard, most commonly noted as an obscure territory in the game "Risk," has such an astonishingly warm climate due to the same Mexican Gulf waters that fueled Hurricane Katrina! Its capital city is Longyearbyen and the highest temperature ever recorded here was 21. That's approximately 70 degrees farenheit and in proximity to the North Pole equal to that of Washington, DC in relation to Boston,Massachusetts. Interesting to note, eh?

I think there's multiple purposes of using this book, whether planning to camp out in this warm haven in the far north or learning what's at the top of your sphere, purchase this now!


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