Liss: Today was Lucys much awaited day...dog sledding!!! We got on the Zodiacs to get to the port at Longyearbyen and then went on the coach to the kennels. There were about 80 dogs all together and the guide told me he could tell each of them apart and remembered all their names! There were two carts, one that held 6 and one that held 10 and the guides set them up. The dogs were really aggressive to each other and were fighting like crazy but loved people.
Claire stroking a husky =D
In the winter they use sleds to get through the snow but as it was summer and the roads were clear, we went on carts. It wasnt bumpy at all. At the other side we went into an octagonal hut which had no light apart from the candles and a fir in the middle. We were served soup, bear, coffee and special cookies from Svalbard!!!
We returned to the ship on zodiacs to sail to Pyramiden. The waters were very choppy and you had to hold on tight. Our group was the first group back but a bit later we heard someone had fallen out! Luckily, Kim was fine and found it all very funny! She just needed the sauna! She was the first and only person to fall out!
With everyone back on board we sailed to Pyramiden and got there in the evening, it was a deserted ghost town which still had everything left in it. The villagers had to leave in a rush so all their furniture was still in the houses, the hospital still had medication in! We were the only people there I think! We walked along the hill to see the house made out of glass bottles.
We got back on the boats at about half past 10 and all trudged to bed to wake up at about 2 o clock the next morning!
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