i see advantages taking a holiday on norway's spitzbergen i ended. up breaking the ice booking through iceland's second largest glass here. and decadence and of those skiing in one of my son's most exclusive result. if you want snow and ice there is no better place to guarantee it's then spitzbergen this is the largest of a group of no wage an island in the arctic ocean the winter that lasts for nine months of the year and it's so high up that they don't see daylight free over two months of the year still it is increasingly popular with tourists who want a winter wonderland experience yes if you want to spot a polar bear go want to dog sled and trek inside a glass only one day and spitzbergen is the place to. martin. takes the brakes off his dog sled. who's danish runs the largest husky farm on spitsbergen island off way between norway's north cape and the north pole dog sled tools a very popular. monk started his fun six years ago in two thousand and eleven with sixty dogs today he has over two hundred fifty they're a cross between the alaskan husky

back to the hospital this is also a good example of how spitzbergen is being transformed more and more people are working in the tourism sector point the farm has seventy guides including greg hall pocket money a biologist from germany. i've always lived somewhere where it's cold i like cold weather and snow this thing is that the longer it lasts the better so it's great that the winter season is so long here that if you're lucky you can go dog sledding from october to late june it's perfect. one of the most beautiful dog sled tours goes to the scott tunnel glacier. after three hours they arrive at their destination a small home in the middle of the glacier. the hole goes down thirty metres leading to a labyrinth of bizarre ice tunnels that snow will to dog into the glacier last summer. they provide a look at the inside of the glacier ventures like this are attracting creasing numbers of people to be arctic. spits back in the gateway to the north pole and the landscape straight out of a fairytale. just ahead some people prefer the cold weather to the wall of the sun and many people che

on the next special edition of your a max and i see adventure on the norwegian aki pella goes spitzbergen. last tourists walk through iceland's second largest place here. and when to get away in the swiss resort of double. bass and more coming up tomorrow on your imax. shake off life we take football personally. from stomp to our cost and spend. money to a charity germinal someone to say is linked to extremist muslim groups really scored an own goal one of us is make sure i'll never play again at least in germany . but is there anything to the allegations. in thirty minutes on d w. d every journey begins with the first step and every language of the first word how much can you call me cohesive germany to find germany possessed why not i'm listening and. it's simple online on your mobile answering. to suffer. t w z e learning course seacoast week journey made easy. they live to surf but. danger lurks in the water we were there all year long surfing. waste and and polluted water is not only being the witness but the time being victims i mean was it you troubles or gastric troubles. basicall

spitzbergen is situated halfway between the north cape in the north pole an island group in the arctic ocean cold and beautiful the average and your temperature is minus five degrees celsius. by only february the some peeks out behind the mountains sending a soft light across the horizon. the days are getting lighter again the contours of the mountain landscape visible to. the east fjord which despite its name hasn't frozen over for a long time now is steaming because warm sea water from the gulf stream meets freezing cold polar air here when there's a high pressure system in the wind drops it's time for small trips the capital of we can call it that is situated in the valley it'll be weeks yet before the first rays of sunlight reach it but it's a tradition among young people in the town to walk towards the sun a few weeks earlier on the sixteenth of february healthcare and malaga to german ex-pats making their way towards the sun together with some friends i will see the sun today i hope if we don't get more clout woods use of chemical. how long has it been going in the valley. and we