Arctic Fever – Day 5 – On the Edge
July 4, 2022 Pushing north…80 ‘ 52N Dream – Laid eyes on groups of polar bears wandering around from ice sheet to ice sheet, some with cubs trailing behind, some […]
July 4, 2022 Pushing north…80 ‘ 52N Dream – Laid eyes on groups of polar bears wandering around from ice sheet to ice sheet, some with cubs trailing behind, some […]
July 3, 2022 By now, I settled in to the routine. In between looking out for wildlife and stuffing our faces, we sat through presentations of nature related photograph analysis, […]
July 2, 2022 Somewhere up on the Northwest corner was Indre Norskoya. Gloomy skies and intermittent rain reflected what went down here 400 years ago. Political and commercial chaos threatened […]
Day 1: June 30, 2022 – Longyearbyen After a 3 hour flight from Oslo, we made it to Longyearbyen and boarded the Polar Expedition Ship a couple of minutes away […]
It all happened out of the blue. Back in October 2021, I said yes to a photo of a polar bear and a city I could hardly pronounce. I booked […]
October 15, 2019 Tiger’s Nest Distance: 10km, Ascent 1,150m Time: 4 hours – round trip I didn’t realize how easy hiking over the past five days was until I looked […]
October 14, 2019 Punakha Wangue to Paro Distance: 124km Time: 8 hours including stops Punakha Dzong stood like a centerpiece between Ma and Po Chu Rivers. A few days ago, […]
October 13, 2019 Phobjikha Valley to Punakha Wangdue Distance: 80kms – 2.5 hour drive We stayed the night at Dewachen Hotel and Spa at Gangtey. Designed in wooden Bhutanese traditional […]
October 12, 2019 Thimpu to Phobjika Valley/Gangtey Distance: 134km – 8 hours including stops We were heading to the Western part of Bhutan, Phobjika Valley via the Dochu La Pass, […]
It was early in the morning when we stopped by the National Memorial Chorten hobnobbing with the regulars who circled around the Chorten chanting mantras. To the right of the […]