Monday 23 April 2012

S is for Svalbard

Thank you so much everyone for your sweet comments and good luck wishes! I took the exam a couple of hours ago and I didn't think that it had gone too well. I made some mistakes with my grammar, mixed things up in my presentation and used some Swedish words. But the results have already come through and I got a B! I was so relieved and proud of myself that I was sitting here crying! Thank you for all of your support, you are all so lovely!

On Saturday I promised you a post about beautiful skies and gorgeous landscapes, polar bears and snow, so today I'm going to tell you about a place called Svalbard.


I first heard about this mystical place when I read Philip Pullman's Northern Lights. Have any of you read it? Svalbard is the northernmost part of Norway, an archipelago in the Arctic region. It has a population of just 2,394 people as well as many polar bears and reindeer! 


The island has polar nights during the winter, (where the sun stays below the horizon for more than 24 hours) and during the summer it is possible to see the midnight sun. Of course it is a beautiful spot from which to see the Northern Lights, since it is so far north. 


I dream of going there. I've heard that it is incredibly beautiful!

(Other pictures lovingly taken from hereherehere and here)

What is your dream destination? I'd like to go to Svalbard and Iceland. I also have a little dream of going to Hawaii, since I'd like to see the stars from there. I've heard it's possible to see the milky way :) 


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11 comments:

  1. A B? Hooray, hooray! So happy for you! That's a good grade. :)

    The polar bears are way cute, btw.

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  2. Congrats! You did great. :)

    Those polar bears are so sweet. I'd love to go to Hawaii someday, too. My husband has been there, and I don't think it would take too much convincing for him to go back.

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  3. Congrats on your test! Svalbard sounds beautiful ... I would love to see the northern lights in that setting!

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  4. Congrats on the B! And oh, those polar bears - want to squish!

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  5. Way to go! You deserve to hang with baby polar bears :)

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  6. Well done that's a great grade! As soon as I saw the title today I immediately thought of Philip Pullman's Northen Lights! Looks like a magical place. Would love to see the northern lights; polar bears, not so much! I'd look a little too tasty for them I'm guessing!

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  7. Oh, the northern lights! They must be so eerily beautiful!

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  8. I have been sooooo interested in Svalbard since reading the Philip Pullman books! I had never even heard of it till then!!! So I have been researching it a lot online, pictures, maps, etc. I would love to see it myself!

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  9. Aww congrats! And I would love to go there too! Looks amazing :)

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  10. Yeah! You survived the exam. Great job. Yes, the wait was worth it for those bears and the northern lights.

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  11. Congratulations! I love the Northern Lights trilogy, come to think of it I need to re-read them! Great post, lovely pictures :)

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