KRISTIN ERIKSON
Guiding guests through the wilderness of Svalbard is “the best job you can have”, says Kristin Eriksson.
At just 23, Kristin has already been a nature guide on 3 different Continents. She spends up to 8 hours a day taking guests around the dramatic icy terrain. And while her job sounds exciting, it is not without its challenges. “The difficulty of my job is combining different expectations and characteristics of my guests”.
“Just imaging having strong Norwegians in the same tour with South East Asians that have never experienced cold weather before, and having to face an Ice Blizzard during a snow mobile tour in the middle of a kilometers wide glacier”.
What she loves most about the place is its lack of pretention. “IT IS SO SMALL AND FRIENDLY: BEING YOURSELF IS NOT SOMETHING ANYBODY SHOULD EVER WORRY ABOUT! EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND HAS NO ROLE TO PLAY, OR RULES TO FOLLOW”
And we couldn’t agree more. Svalbard is the warmest cold place we’ve ever visited.
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