The cache is placed near the summit of the highest mountain in the Longyearbyen region, Nordenskjoldtoppen at around 1,050 metres above sea level.
It requires a strenuous 7 - 8 hour walk to get there & back but does not involve any glacier crossings. Local tourist companies offer guided walks up the mountain 2 or 3 times a week with lunch and Polar Bear protection included! The peak is also one of the 10 Svalbard Turn tops - a challenge with the possibility of a prize for locals or tourists who have the time, weather, fitness plus rifle & flare protection necessary to reach 10 mountain points where special log books are available to sign. You will certainly be able to see the Svalbard Turn logbook in its metal box on a post near the summit cairn and hopefully will you be able to see and sign the geocache as well.
The original geocache was a small plastic tube about 1.5cm diameter and 6 cm long which contained nothing but a 3 page log roll, placed near the old weather station cabin, placed in a wooden trough with metal struts in it. I realised that it would probably be frozen in during winter and therefore not available all year round but in 2016 it was well buried even on 9th July!!
It was then that Marius Lola & friends kindly placed a "Winter Cache" high up in the metalwork of the end wall of the Hut (see photographs of their 9/July/2016 log) However, StevenStefan could find neither container in July 2023 and the cache was in danger of being archived until Maris saw my plea for help and kindly assisted. His box should always be above the likely snow-line so that people who venture up her in winter should still have a cache they should be able to reach (See Spolier photos) and sign. But you will probably need to bring your own writing implement!!
My grateful thanks to Marius & friends and Maris for their generous help in keeping this cache alive. "White Knights of Geocaching" for sure!