Today is our first landing in Greenland, and we are in the picturesque Keyser Franz-Joseph fjord, surrounded by glacier-moulded mountains and what turn out to be fast moving huge icebergs, the largest of which is […]
We now have two days sailing across the Greenland Sea on Le Boreal, to reach the east coast of Greenland. Conditions during the voyage have been amazingly calm, and the Greenland Sea is no exception. The […]
Another zodiac cruise is scheduled for this morning at Holmiabukta, and being an overcast day with intermittent rain, it seems a good idea to stay in bed to get over the rotten head cold I’ve […]
Well, I didn’t really see either of them – I went to bed last night with the beginnings of a cold, and by morning it’s a good day to stay in bed. The weather at […]
During the night, we cross the 80th parallel on our way to Alkefjellet, the site in Svalbard of a large breeding colony of Brünichs guillemots, a small brown and white bird that prefers to nest […]
Ny Ålesund is an international research station with approximately 25 year-round residents. Countries represented in addition to Norway are South Korea, France, and Austria, amongst others. Ny-Ålesund is also famous for being the starting point […]
