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We just got back from Longyearbyen, a city on the islands of Svalbard, north of mainland Norway, where we played at Solfestuken, a festival that celebrates the return of the sun after the long, cold, lonely and dark winter.
The day after our gig we took off into the arctic with the risk of freezing to death or getting eaten by polar bears. If that had happened, this video of the appropriate Beatles song "Here Comes the Sun" would have been our last recording. As you can see we were lucky with the weather (first day of sunshine since October and
only minus 15 degrees celcius) and we made it back.
Longyearbyen is the northern most city in the world. Only 1200 km from the North Pole, at 78* North. It is dark there from October to March and midnight sun from April to September.
Here's a picture of the town that we took from a glacier above it:
Here are some pictures from our trip into the wild:
Ivar and David:
Kåre:
Jørgen and Øystein:
Jørgen inside a glacier:
The whole gang:
Unfortunately/Fortunately we didn't meet any polar bears. Except this one:
This must have been one of the most exotic tours we've done. The
scenery, the people we met, the gig; it was all great and made it a
truly memorable trip.
10:50 PM
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