During my long winter 2 month film expedition in the North in 2007, I got also to the lonely east coast of Svalbard islands very far in the North, almost on the 80th latitude.
Such beautiful day in the real polar bear territory (that day we saw 2 of them) just with a few friends, no guide or something like that, totally alone, 120 km from the nearest human settlement, it is something what makes you think diffeently about the "normal" life and values here in the civilisation... Definitely a place I want to return, hopefully next winter...