North Pole Expedition Museum

North Pole Expedition Museum (former Spitsbergen Airship Museum)

Boks 644

9171 Longyearbyen

Svalbard

Norway

www.northpolemuseum.com

info@northpolemuseum.com

+ 47 91 38 34 67

+ 47 95 73 57 42

February – May daily  09:00 – 14:00

June – September daily 09:00 – 17:00

October – January   Upon request, groups of min. 15 people. For opening, please send them a request.

Admission fee

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Collection

Spitsbergen Airship Museum

The purpose of the North Pole Expedition Museum is to impart the history and importance 3 airships have had in the Arctic.

  • “America” (Wellman Chicago Record Herald Polar Expedition) in 1907/1909
  • ”Norge” (”Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile, Transpolar Flight”) in 1926
  • ”Italia” expedition (with Nobile) in 1928, as well as the rescue expeditions, at and close to Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, that followed the 1928 expedition.

The nations that participated in these historical events (Norway, Russia, Italy, America, Sweden, Czech Republic, Holland, France and Finland) are represented.