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One very sneaky arctic fox
HIGH ON THE BUCKET LIST One of the animals that I (David) had been very keen to see in Svalbard, perhaps even more keen to see than polar bears [...]
A small taste of Russia
Having done all we needed to do in Longyearbyen, it was time to start heading south to get into position for the jump back to the mainland. First up [...]
Stretching our legs
BJONAHAMNA Bjonahamna is a small harbour, beautifully protected from swell from all directions but the south by the old moraines of the Von Postbreen. On either side it is [...]
Finally, a glacier close-up!
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 sunlight never even seemed to [...]
Belugas!
MORE SVALBARD Big storms all through the North Sea and along the Norwegian coast right up to the Barents Sea meant that a departure southwards was going to have [...]
Sailing between mountains and glaciers
MORE WALRUS? Today we made the long haul down through the Forlandsundet, that beautiful mountain and glacier lined channel between Kongsfjorden and Isfjorden. On offer was a stop at [...]
Continuing south
ANOTHER WHALING SITE Another whaling site, Hamburgbukta ended up being a delightful, keyhole bay, named after the city of Hamburg. The Germans, or their antecedents at least, weren’t major [...]
A fjord named after a saint
MAGDALENEFJORDEN – A POPULAR DESTINATION Our destination for the night was Trinityhamna in the Magdalenefjorden, just a short hop down the outside of Spitsbergen to the south. It is [...]