Continuing Legal Week‘s search for exotic conference destinations, and in the spirit of the holiday season, which is a mere skip and a hop around the corner, The Diary offers further travel inspiration.

The European Law Federation recently hosted a bash in Spitsbergen, aka the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. Spitsbergen sits just 600 miles south of the North Pole, so delegates skidooed, spotted polar bears and enjoyed the midnight sun – all while networking, of course.