http://school.nilu.no/Home/tabid/2107/language/en-US/Default.aspx - RSS Feed en-us William Lahoz William Lahoz Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:45:21 GMT EfficionConsulting Articles Module (www.efficionconsulting.com) Copyright 2010, Arctic Summer School Svalbard is a beautiful place, but students should realize that they will be travelling to a high Arctic location in mid-summer. Although there will be midnight sun, the temperature is unlikely to get above 10 o C, so appropriate clothes must be worn. This is especially so for travel outside Longyearbyen. The well-known Svalbard traffic sign warning of polar bears is no joke. People travelling outside Longyearbyen must either carry a gun or travel in a group where someone carries a gun. Polar bears are bigger than you, faster than you and likely to consider you as food. Also, remember that polar bears are protected in all of Svalbard.   http://school.nilu.no/Home/tabid/2107/ctl/Details/mid/4726/ItemID/682/language/en-US/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT