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OTHER-WORLDLY Anchored at Ebeltofthamna, once the wind dropped, we sat in an almost silent world. In front of us, and astern of the boat, was a broad shallow lagoon, [...]

MORE ICEBERGS After coffee and cookies with Maarten, Matthijs and Deborah on Saraban’de, we dropped our lines and headed northwest across Kongsfjorden to Krossfjorden with the intention of anchoring [...]

After a night at anchored at Engelsbukta, our next stop was going to be Ny-Ålesund.     Frederieke was keen to stop in this [...]

So far, other than in Longyearbyen we had not been on land in Svalbard, what with polar bears being around and not having the required weapons during our first [...]

WIND IN SVALBARD The next day the forecast suggested that the wind would back into the east. Naïvely, we thought, this might allow us a leisurely downwind sail to [...]

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 as we wanted to head [...]

THE CAPITAL OF SVALBARD Longyearbyen is the operational centre of Svalbard, a town that prides itself on being functional. This is a town that wears its mining past with [...]

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 the next 48 hours, before [...]