Polar bear at the restaurant where we ate our last supper
Our last night in Svalbard was spectacular. The sun hung around the horizon for hours on end, producing a never-ending sunset. I went to bed thinking the sun was setting, and woke up two hours later to see that nothing had changed:
Only a few of us actually attempted to "sleep" that night; the rest just stayed awake until we had to leave from our dorm the following morning around 2:30 am. On our flight from Boston to Reykjavik, we flew over the tip of Greenland:
Greenland is off to the right in this photo. (I know it doesn't look like anything, but I promise it is actually there!)
