Kitesoul Magazine #16 English Edition

The island of Spitsbergen is located
so far up on the northern
hemisphere that the sun actually
never comes up or it never drops
down, it just depends on the season.
But either way, it’s an island
that I’ve always been dreaming
of in the back of my head.
It’s winter outside, but it’s raining
like it was autumn already.
It’s sad to see that the winter
is raining away and the winter
wonderland I love so much is
nearly gone. What is happening
to the world? Normally it’s so
cold that it’s hard to be outside,
but temperatures have been
changing rapidly and it’s pouring
down with rain from the sky.
In February 2016, I broke my
nose in Cape Town, and the
doctor told me to stay away
from the winter and sun. But
what to do when you can’t enjoy
the 2 best things in the world?
I planned for a quiet winter at
home, but after customizing my
goggles, I decided to try to go to
the mountains to snowkite and
get away from this sad rain.
How to get to the
ends of the earth
When tourists think about Norway,
they usually picture it dark,
cold and full of snow and also
some polar bears and reindeers
walking around in the streets …
Actually yes, we have this.
This place where the polar bears
are taking over is the archipelago
of Svalbard. The population
counts 2.000 people and 3.000
polar bears. Situated north of
mainland Europe, it is about
midway between continental
Norway and the North Pole. The
islands of the group range from
74° to 81° north latitude. The
largest island is Spitsbergen.
I always had a dream to go there,