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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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

Well, while all sorts of historical trash was lying around at the western end of the bay, something far more gripping was happening at the eastern end. Yep, perched [...]