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Saturday – We've arrived in Svalbard and the weather is fantastic, which is apparently unusual. The prevailing wind is very cold on deck, but if you can find a sheltered spot the sunshine is very warm.
Svalbard is a large and dispersed group of islands about the size of Iceland, i.e. quite big. We're visiting the island of Spitsbergen and are moored in Kings Bay, a short distance from the Norwegian Arctic research station Ny Alesund, which is located at latitude 79.6 degrees north, about 600 miles from the North Pole.
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