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HIGH ON THE BUCKET LIST One of the animals that I (David) had been very keen to see in Svalbard, perhaps even more keen [...]

Having done all we needed to do in Longyearbyen, it was time to start heading south to get into position for the jump back [...]

BJONAHAMNA Bjonahamna is a small harbour, beautifully protected from swell from all directions but the south by the old moraines of the Von Postbreen. [...]

A GOOD DAY FOR A GLACIER Technically speaking, the next morning didn’t dawn bright and blue as there was no dawn and the nighttime [...]

MORE SVALBARD Big storms all through the North Sea and along the Norwegian coast right up to the Barents Sea meant that a departure [...]

MORE WALRUS? Today we made the long haul down through the Forlandsundet, that beautiful mountain and glacier lined channel between Kongsfjorden and Isfjorden. On [...]

ANOTHER WHALING SITE Another whaling site, Hamburgbukta ended up being a delightful, keyhole bay, named after the city of Hamburg. The Germans, or their [...]

MAGDALENEFJORDEN – A POPULAR DESTINATION Our destination for the night was Trinityhamna in the Magdalenefjorden, just a short hop down the outside of Spitsbergen [...]

ONE LAST MORNING WITH THE POLAR BEAR Our plan for this morning had been to hang out with the bear for a bit longer [...]

OUR ASPIRATIONAL DESTINATION Getting to Smeerenburg had been our ultimate goal in Svalbard. It is located in the far north west of the archipelago [...]