SOME TRIPS ARE MADE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Imagine a place of immense beauty, where the mountains touch the skies and the silence is palpable as a magical touch to the soul. Imagine yourself being removed in time and space to a different planet, where you feel completely at peace and the stress of everyday life wears off. A place where you reconnect to your true nature, come back to your core and open your senses in new and eye opening ways to meet Mother Earth and yourself. That is Svalbard.
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Imagine a place where the blue period of the sunsets lasts a whole day. Where you see the magical creatures such as polar bears, seals, arctic foxes and reindeer in their own habitat whilst enjoying the breathtaking beauty of the majestic nature and vast glaciers either from dogsled or on snowmobile. A place where you can reconnect to your true essence and recalibrate together with other amazing leaders of the world. That is True Experiences in Svalbard.
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Welcome to a magical experience in the north that will transform your life.
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EXPEDITION DESIGNER
Märtha Louise will lead you into the depths of the furthermost hidden gems of Arctic Norway on this once in a life time adventure. Joining this small selected group of influential leaders experiencing this vast, majestic nature with all its beauty and your own deep plunging inner journey together with your new close knit friends, is a truly unique experience.
The immense beauty of Svalbard combined with a carefully designed program offers a chance to recharge, reboot and recalibrate. The trip is designed for you to grow, thrive and get back to who you truly are through fun, adventures, seeking inwards, laughter and deep conversations with others. Welcome to your tribe.
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Märtha Louise
A gamechanger redefining and modernizing the role of a royal.
Founder of A PEACE of Scandinavia, motivating the world to perform together through building bridges between the generations for change in each company and performance teams with specific collaborate goals for sustainable change. Showcasing Scandinavian companies and Scandinavian take on poignant topics through panel discussions in World Economic Forum, inviting children to the table for new sustainable solutions and the PEACE of Scandinavia Award to solidify change.
FEEDBACKS FROM OUR PAST EXPEDITION
Marianne Vestnes
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”This was the kind of trip where I didn’t really know what to expect, but turned out to be the journey of my life and beyond all my expectations. The wonderful spirit of Märtha Louise and the beautiful souls I met, will stay in my heart forever. I just want to do it all again.”
Nadine Jarrard
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”Svalbard was a place unlike any other. It brought the definition of being one with nature to a whole other level. Whether it was walking on glaciers or witnessing polar bears in their natural habitat,
these events made our trip ever so special.”
Katarina Brøndmoe
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”Our trip to Svalbard with Märtha Louise and her team was very well organized and filled with amazing sights, experiences, hotels and food. There was an authenticity to the trip that is hard to match and a lovely group of people that I am happy to call my friends.”
Carine de Meyere
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”Traveling to Svalbard made me modest and humble,
surrounded by the vastness of the stunning nature, the sense of timelessness of the never ending environment and the vulnerability of the animal life made me realize how small a place I occupy in this world - however what enormous impact my small sustainable actions can have in order to save and preserve the planet!”
Siri Willoch Traasdahl
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”It’s when you turn the volume of today’s background
noise way down that you really start listening.
There are few places left you can do that in today’s
modern world. But Svalbard is one of them.”
Hege Fossum Eriksen
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”I found back to my truth inner power through beeing
surrounded by the magic of Mother Nature. This trip
to Svalbard has truly been an eye opener for me.”
TRIP ITINERARY
Day 1
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Arrival and pick up at Longyearbyen airport
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Check in and get comfortable at the wonderful Funken Lodge
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After check-in, we will go for a short hike in the dramatic landscape. The northernmost human settlements on earth are found here on this largest island of Spitsbergen where the cold edge of Svalbard is tempered by the moderating Gulf Stream, making it a more habitable environment
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Welcome gathering where the magic begins as we look inward and
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Dinner is served in the Restaurant on Funken Lodge as we deepen the
connection to ourselves, each other and the upcoming experience
Day 2
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Inspirational morning gathering outside Funken Lodge. This trip will take you outside of your comfort zone and allow you to experience new sides of yourself. We will do this in various ways, some revealed and some not. Your only task is to be open and honest with yourself
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Back at Funken Lodge, breakfast is served in the Restaurant
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Pick up for outdoor day. Mountain and Glacier Hikes, history and lunch is served with the touch of diversity of Longyearbyen. Dress warm and windproof. After lunch a visit to the Trappers station, the home to the Arctic trappers and their 90 Alaskan Huskies. They will take us for a ride through the wild Arctic scenery. Despite the noise they make as they greet you, the dogs are friendly and eager to take you for a sledge ride through the valleys and glaciersof Spitsbergen
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After the outdoor activities, Trappers dinner is served in a wood heated replica of a trappers cabin. With a very weak mobile signal you really feel like you are out in the wilderness, even though we are only 15 minutes drive from Longyearbyen
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Back to Funken Lodge for the night
Day 3
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Check out after breakfast for departure to Isfjord Radio. Our guides will pick you up for a Snowmobile Adventure into the wild of Svalbard. We will be driving over snow covered valleys and glaciers, past majestic mountains. We make stops to watch the wildlife, take in the changing colors of the mountains and to feel the Arctic silence.
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Lunch is served outside in the wild, as Svalbard Reindeer look for food in the snow next to you.
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In the afternoon we arrive at Kapp Linen and the Isfjord Radio Adventure Hotel
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Isfjord Radio offers unique wilderness accommodation. There are no roads connection to this remote outpost. To move outside you need a guide with rifle for polar bear
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After check-in, an arctic menu is served, from one of the island´s best kitchens and the chef´s own herb garden
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Accommodation in single and and double rooms at Isfjord Radio Adventure Hotel. Later in the evening, as you lay on your bed surrounded by the Arctic silence, you realize that it has been one of the best days of your life
Day 4
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Breakfast is served
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Our guides will take us on a new adventure into the wild. Driving along the coast of
Spitsbergen, to the mighty Van Mijnfjord. Known for its sea ice, polar bears and beautiful
glaciers. This day will be a day of history, geology and wildlife -
The lunch is enjoyed in the open air. On the way back to the hotel, we make sure that we are leaving a positive footprint in the Svalbard’s fragile nature
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When arriving at Isfjord Radio, the bonfire is lit, welcoming us to an inspiring gathering as the ending of our outdoor day
Chef Simons homemade Arctic taste with bubbles
Chef Simon invites us to a new dinner experience
Day 5
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As this trip is made for taking bold steps and doing what you never thought was possible, we challenge those who dare to take an ice bath before breakfast. It is refreshing (of course!) and makes your body sing and gets your circulation going. An amazing start of the day
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Breakfast served
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Departure by snowmobile from Isfjord Radio
If the weather is with us there will be a stop in the Russian Mining town of Barentsburg.
Here 300-400 workers live all year round, some with their families. In Barentsburg you find both coal miners, hotel, school and sports events -
Lunch served in the wild or at the hotel in Barentsburg
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Arrival at Longyearbyen in the afternoon and check in at Funken Lodge
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Life Celebration Dinner Gruvelageret Restaurant. Celebrating life, the beautiful connections built in the tribe and the steps we have taken on our own spiritual journey http://gruvelageret.no/en/
Day 6
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Breakfast
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Inspirational gathering - the last steps.
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Fossil search to discover your inner child. Looking for fossils is one of the children of Lonyearbyen’s favorite activities. Thousand year old fossils are literally under our fingertips as we chisel away at the rocks to find the gems not yet uncovered. The fossils resemble our own journey here on Svalbard where our inner treasures are discovered and brought to the surface for a new future and fuller life. You will feel more connected to your truth as a result of past few days’ experiences.
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Lunch is served before departure
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Itinerary is due to changes.
