A wide variety of activities including hiking, dog-sledding, kayaking and snowmobile safaris and even coal mining and more are offered by Svalbard's many tour companies. The largest operators are Spitsbergen Travel (http://www.spitsbergentra...) and Svalbard Wildlife Service (http://www.wildlife.no) SWS. Prices are high — figure on 500 kr for a half-day activity, 1000 kr for a full day — but so are standards.
Dog Sledding with Arctic adventure
In the summer sleds with wheels are used. I.e. they look and handle very similar to real sleds not wagons, two or three persons per sled and you get to handle it yourself.
Esmarkbreen Glacier
Across the isfjorden 2-3 hours by boat. scenic glacier across the bay, colored a striking blue. drop a cube in your glass for an arctic martini. often combined with cruises to barentsburg.
Mine 3
gruve 3. sws runs daily guided tours to this coal mine, which was closed down in 1996. the guides are former miners and give good insight into how arduous and difficult the work deep below the ground in crawlspaces barely a meter high must have been. it's a steady -5 degrees c 23 degrees f down below, so bring along some warm clothing; overalls, helmet and light are provided. 3 hours, 590kr/person, no children below 14.
Pyramiden
The Russian settlement of Barentsburg is accesable from Longyearbyen with an organised tour. Also Pyramiden, across the Isfjorden 2-3 hours by boat. Russian mining settlement abandoned in 1996, best known for its Lenin statue the northernmost in the world.
If you have multiple days to spare then your options really open up: how about a week-long snow scooter trip 21,500 kr or 11 days by boat around all of Spitsbergen from around â¬3000 For the ultimate Arctic experience, you can even arrange to join a trip to the North Pole.