Gillian Gloyer is a travel writer who has written two Bradt guidebooks: Albania (one of Bradt's top-selling titles, now in its seventh edition) and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Updating Bradt's Svalbard guidebook represents a departure, particularly as the countries where Gillian has worked hitherto are more likely to have goats than polar bears. Nevertheless, hailing from Scotland renders her well-prepared, as the country's high mountains have a sub-Arctic climate, and she often gasps at the northern lights though her mother's kitchen window. Having travelled around mainland Norway many years ago, by bus, train and ship, and experiencing the midnight sun in the Lofoten Islands, she has been champing at the bit to head farther north still and fully explore the riches of Svalbard.

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• PART 1GENERAL INFORMATION1 Background Information 2 Practical InformationPART 2 SVALBARD3 Svalbard's Regions4 Cruising5 In Svalbard6 Spitsbergen's Settlements and StationsPART 3FRANZ JOSEF LAND7 Franz Josef LandPART 4 JAN MAYEN8 Jan MayenAppendices Glossary/OtherFurther info

Gillian Gloyer is a travel writer who has written two Bradt guidebooks: Albania (one of Bradt's top-selling titles, now in its seventh edition) and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Updating Bradt's Svalbard guidebook represents a departure, particularly as the countries where Gillian has worked hitherto are more likely to have goats than polar bears. Nevertheless, hailing from Scotland renders her well-prepared, as the country's high mountains have a sub-Arctic climate, and she often gasps at the northern lights though her mother's kitchen window. Having travelled around mainland Norway many years ago, by bus, train and ship, and experiencing the midnight sun in the Lofoten Islands, she has been champing at the bit to head farther north still and fully explore the riches of Svalbard.

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• PART 1GENERAL INFORMATION1 Background Information 2 Practical InformationPART 2 SVALBARD3 Svalbard's Regions4 Cruising5 In Svalbard6 Spitsbergen's Settlements and StationsPART 3FRANZ JOSEF LAND7 Franz Josef LandPART 4 JAN MAYEN8 Jan MayenAppendices Glossary/OtherFurther info

Gillian Gloyer is a travel writer who has written two Bradt guidebooks: Albania (one of Bradt's top-selling titles, now in its seventh edition) and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Updating Bradt's Svalbard guidebook represents a departure, particularly as the countries where Gillian has worked hitherto are more likely to have goats than polar bears. Nevertheless, hailing from Scotland renders her well-prepared, as the country's high mountains have a sub-Arctic climate, and she often gasps at the northern lights though her mother's kitchen window. Having travelled around mainland Norway many years ago, by bus, train and ship, and experiencing the midnight sun in the Lofoten Islands, she has been champing at the bit to head farther north still and fully explore the riches of Svalbard.

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• PART 1GENERAL INFORMATION1 Background Information 2 Practical InformationPART 2 SVALBARD3 Svalbard's Regions4 Cruising5 In Svalbard6 Spitsbergen's Settlements and StationsPART 3FRANZ JOSEF LAND7 Franz Josef LandPART 4 JAN MAYEN8 Jan MayenAppendices Glossary/OtherFurther info