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North Pole and Night on Ice (helicopter)
Code: NPNI
Duration (Barneo-Barneo): 2 days/ 1 night
(Longyearbyen - Longyearbyen): 5 days/4 nights
All flights are weather dependent
1st day |
Meeting at Longyearbyen airport. ( Spitsbergen , Norway ), transfer to hotel, that you booked.
Collection of your polar clothing kit.
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.
Free time. |
2nd day |
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Barneo Ice Camp.
Flight from Longyearbyen to Barneo (approx. flight duration: 2 hrs 30 min).
Arrival to Barneo, acquaintance with Barneo Ice Camp, located at 89 degree North.
Accommodation will be provided in the heated tents of the Ice Camp (each tent comfortably accommodates 10-12 persons).
Full catering during your stay at Barneo Ice Camp.
Free time .
Sleeping in the heated tent at Barneo Ice Camp. |
3rd day |
MI-8
helicopter brings you to the geographic North Pole at first chance,
depending on weather and ice conditions (approx. flight duration: 40
min).
Celebrating of the arrival to
the North Pole. You have an opportunity to make a short phone call to
your friends or relatives via satellite phone. We have about 1-2 hours
at the North Pole.
Return to the Barneo Ice Camp (by MI-8 helicopter, approx. flight duration: 40 min).
Flight from Barneo to Longyearbyen on the AN-74 aircraft (approx. flight duration 2 h 30 min).
Transfer to hotel. |
4th day |
The North Pole Certificate ceremony. Time and place are to be discussed with expedition participants and announced in advance. |
5th day |
Free
time. You have a chance to take part in Svalbard entertainment
programmes (for additional costs, advance booking required).
Transfer to the airport for your flight home. End of our service. |
* Barneo Ice Camp operates Longyearbyen time.
Changes
and amendments may apply to the programme, depending on the weather,
ice or other conditions. It is important to consider possible delays or
alterations, and take them with patience. We strongly recommend you to
acquire insurance against full or partial cancellation of the
expedition. Important: Each
expedition to the North Pole is the ultimate adventure full of random
factors. Though we are making all possible efforts to accomplish every
expedition, VICAAR reserves the rights to change or cancel an itinerary
due to weather and / or ice conditions, group fitness, political
situation, strikes, wars, revolutions, terrorism and / or other factors
beyond its control. Such changes are to be made in our customers’
interests and with regards to their safety. Please, see Terms and Conditions.
Schedules and costs of The North Pole and Night on Ice expedition
Attention:
1. Our agency does not guarantee expeditions starting at optional dates
to be conducted if the group has insufficient number of participants.
Please, see Terms and Conditions.
2. In accordance to the paragraph 4.3 of Terms and Conditions, prices
are based on the tariffs and exchange rates operating at the time of
publication and therefore are subject to change. Please, check the
latest prices before booking.
Price includes: |
Price does not include: |
• Meeting at the Longyearbyen airport (Spitsbergen, Norway);
• 2 transfers airport-hotel-airport;
• Aircraft flights Longyearbyen - Barneo - Longyearbyen;
• Helicopter flights Barneo - North Pole - Barneo;
• 1 satellite phone call from the North Pole (2 min maximum, if battery capacity is sufficient);
• Using Barneo facilities;
• Full catering at Barneo Ice Camp;
• Disposable plates, spoons, forks and cups (2 sets per visiting a mess-tent per person);
• Accommodation in the heated tents at Barneo (incl. sleeping bag, individual sleeping bag liner and camp-bed);
• Rent of the safety equipment (communication, navigation aid, weapon);
• Certificate of the North Pole visit;
• Festive ceremony at Longyearbyen;
• Guides' and VICAAR representatives' service;
• Personal polar clothes kit (boots, trousers, coat, mittens, hat);
• 15 kilos of luggage. |
• Travel costs from your place of residence to Longyearbyen ( Spitsbergen , Norway ) and back;
• Accommodation in Longyearbyen;
• Catering in Longyearbyen;
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Transfers in Longyearbyen (excl. airport-hotel-airport for travel home
and hotel-airport-hotel for travel to the North Pole);
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Activities in Longyearbyen (dog-sledge rides, tours to the glacier,
excursion to the coal mine: depending on the weather);
• Alcohol drinks;
• Full medical-evacuation insurance with minimum coverage for evacuation 100,000 Euro- required;
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Insurance against full or partial cancellation of the expedition,
luggage insurance, life insurance (strongly recommended);
• Private belongings;
• All the unforeseen costs related to the flights delays;
• Souvenirs and postal expenses;
• Overweight luggage - 20 Euro/kilo. |
Qualification of the expedition members.
Participation
North Pole and Night on Ice is not extremely difficult, if you do not
have a serious disability. There are no any special requirements to
potential members of the expedition. If you are able to fly on the
regular flights, it is most likely you can fly on the charter
aircrafts. AN-74 is a simple yet reliable and comfortable jet airplane,
and MI-8 helicopter, though having a plain interior, meets all the
safety requirements. Barneo Ice Camp meets all the standards of the
winter base-camp. It is equipped with heated tents for sleeping
accommodation and large and comfortable mess- tent.
We
provide you with polar outer clothing suitable for temperatures between
-20 and -35 C ° , and you only have to take the garment from the
recommended list. Please, let us know in advance if you require some
specific items of this sort - we might be able to help you.
Staying
at the Barneo Ice Camp and the North Pole includes walks in the
surrounding, exploration of the local ice summits (ice-hummocks of 1-2
m high), photographing and things like these.
Generally, you don't have to worry about anything; our friendly and experienced guides would always take care of.
List of equipment for the expedition 'North Pole and Night on Ice |
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You should bring your own: |
• Thin underwear made of Polycolon (so-called thermal underwear): 1 set |
• Fleece jacket and trousers made of Polartec 300 or Polartec 200 |
• Mittens or gloves you are usually using during the winter: 1 pair |
• Thick expedition socks: 2 pairs |
• Sunglasses 100% UV & IR: 1 |
• Sun protection cream: SPF 40 |
• Hygienic lipstick: SPF 40 |
• Personal medical kit: medicine, you normally take along with aspirin, plaster, bandage, etc. |
• Large bag or rucksack for your gear: 1 or 2 |
• Casual look garment for civilized places |
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P.S.
Polartec 300 or 200 jacket and trousers could be replaced with your
usual winter pullovers and long knit pants if worn over the thermal
underwear. |
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Received from us and becomes your property: |
• Winter coat and trousers with Thinsulate insulation: 1 set |
• Expedition footwear: 1 pair |
• Expedition mittens: 1 pair |
• Woolen hat with Windstopper membrane: 1 |
• Sleeping bag liner: 1 |
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Free rented at Barneo ice camp: |
• Expedition class (-30 C°) sleeping bag |
• Sleeping mats 40 mm |
• Camp-bed |
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Other useful things you might bring: |
• Compression bags and stuff sacks |
• Photo and video equipment |
| ATTENTION: Though, we provide you with basic
polar expedition clothes kit, everyone endures cold differently.
Therefore, if you have some items in your wardrobe, which are tested in
cold environment and suit you, you are welcome to bring them. |
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