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Guillemots, ice and Sysselmesteren
WIND IN SVALBARD The next day the forecast suggested that the wind would back into the east. Naïvely, we thought, this might allow us [...]
Starting our trip north, but going east first
TRYING TO GO NORTH Keen to get out of the harbour, we left Longyearbyen in the afternoon and looked for an anchorage relatively close-by [...]
Longyearbyen
THE CAPITAL OF SVALBARD Longyearbyen is the operational centre of Svalbard, a town that prides itself on being functional. This is a town that [...]
Walrushamna
After a long-long sleep, we awoke the next morning to the sounds of walrus blows. Our friend was still feeding around Yuma! And over [...]
Icebergs, glass-outs and walrus
Icebergs Happily anchored and just plain tired our plan was to wait here at Isbjørnhamna for 6 hours. This would allow us to avoid [...]
Passage to Svalbard
A big crossing Well, today is the next one of those days – a day where we set out to do something that [...]
Last bit of mainland Norway
Our departure from Svolvær was accompanied by the usual flurry of little details; fuel, water, laundry. But we were off at 0930 and heading [...]
Sherpa steps to mountain tops
Finally, the weather had cleared up and turned very non-Arctic with temperatures above 20°C and very clear skies. We decided to take advantage of [...]
Westcotts in Svolvær
After arriving in Svolvær, we spent two days recovering and cleaning up the boat. After a month of nearly non-stop travel, it was about [...]
Støtt to Svolvær
David took the helm as we departed Støtt at around 2200. Frederieke had done the lion’s share of the watch the night before because [...]