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	The cruise was split into two legs, with a long weekend between the two. The ship came into port in Longyearbyen, and many of us stayed there for the four days. The reason for the break was to allow the Coast Guard crew to keep to their schedule based on three-week cruises, and to let some of the scientists go home and new ones to come on board. It also coincided with the Pentecost holiday, which would have required paying a lot of extra holiday pay if everyone had had to work. Many of us who stayed in Longyearbyen went for a snowmobile trip one day we were there. Snowmobiling is the main way of getting around outside of Longyear in winter, with people often going on weekend trips 100s of kilometers from town. We went, with three of the Coast Guard officers who are experienced with Svalbard travel, to the abandoned Russian mining town of Pyramiden. The round trip was about 200 km (120 miles). We had great weather and made the trip with no problems, making for a great day.    This page shows some of the people and the snowmobiles on the trip.
	That's me under the mask below (the only way I was sure was I recognized the writing on my hat under the helmet).

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