Through the North Atlantic – Last Minute Sightings – The End
Day 15 – En route to Svalbard The early part of the day was pretty quiet. The calm was frequently interrupted by northern fulmars gliding freely on the air currents […]
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Through the North Atlantic – Shattered Ice
Day 12 – Greenland Pack Ice, a polar bear We were slowly drifting into the ice pack, starting with bits and bobs here and there, and blaming the lack of […]
Through the North Atlantic – Vanishing views
Day 11 – Jan Mayen, Norway After three days of being locked in and sailing for 550 kilometers from the North of Iceland, anything with a view sounded like a […]
Arctic Fever – Days 8 & 9 – Pieced Out
Day 8 July 7, 2022 Hornsund We sailed towards the fjords in Hornsund, known for its frozen landscape and first discovered by Jonas Poole, a British explorer who named Hornsund […]
Arctic Fever – Day 7 – On the Rocks
July 6, 2022 Varsolbukta, Bellsund In the A.M. we chilled out and sat through slides of bird migration and an instructive assessment of photos shot by hobbyists onboard. The ship […]
Arctic Fever – Day 6 – Off White
July 5, 2022 Monacobreen – North West Svalbard When I think of Monaco, I roll my eyes. But what do I know? It’s not just about lavish lifestyles, yachts or […]
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 […]
Arctic Fever – Day 4 – Foxy Brown
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, […]
Arctic Fever – Day 3 – Polar. what? No!
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 […]
Arctic Fever – Days 1 & 2
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 […]
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