Day four

Now obviously it isn't really day four, so it's time for another trip back in time.....

Day 4 - Saturday 7th

Today we visited UNIS (University of Norway in Svalbard). Adjacent to this, there is Svalbard's National museum. Here there are lots of stuffed animals, including a polar bear - our first sighting!
This was actually really interesting, if just for the comedy value of seeing people squeezing through tiny coal mines if nothing else!
Later on, we boarded the Russian ship Polaris - this was to be our home for the next week. Becky and Mary and Me and Amanda are sharing. The cabins are teeny weeny, but very nice and...cosy! We stopped off at Barantsberg. We had a guided tour around the mining town. We were particularly amazed by the fridges that hung out of everyones windows!