V.it is considered one of the “journeys of life”, those with intense emotions, indelible memories, strong regenerating impacts. Because visiting Svalbard does not only mean diving into the natural charm of the Great North, but also retrace the footsteps of historic Arctic expeditions, visit miners’ settlements in extreme landscapes, get closer to the beauties that have inspired the most famous travelers.
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From 15 to 22 July iO Donna takes you, accompanied by the Deputy Director Mario Cinelli, sailing through the Arctic fjords to Norden Glacierwhere the “polar cap” reaches the sea with its millenary ice sculptures.
Svalbard, in untouched nature
We will immerse ourselves in infinite silenceshere and there we will see wandering around polar bears, migratory birds, large cetaceans. It is the right time to admire the polar light of the famous “midnight sun”. And to underline the uniqueness of this remote place we will visit the Polar Science Museum, the one dedicated to the expeditions of the Norge and Italy airships.
And we will get closer to the famous Svalbard Global Seed Vault: it is the “global underground repository of the seeds of all living species”, in practice a “seed bank” created to preserve the diversity of all crops in the world. And right here, about 1000 kilometers from the North Polewe will realize how many emotions this iO Donna journey will be giving us.
Mario Cinelli, Deputy Director of iO Donna
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