Cruising

By Glen Bruels

Jan Mayen Island

Today we visited Jan Mayen Island, a tiny volcanic island in the North Atlantic that is 600 miles west of Norway and 350 miles north of Iceland. It is a territory of Norway, has no native population, and only has 18 rotational people who run the weather and radio stations. The skyline is dominated by…

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By Glen Bruels

Poolepynten and fin whales!

This is part of a series called Nordic Sojourn 2022 Today, we visited Poolepynten, a headland at the eastern coast of the Prins Karls Forland in Spitsbergen, Svalbard.  This mile long stretch of beach is part of the Forlandet National Park and is home to a group of walruses that use that area to rest. …

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By Glen Bruels

Texas Bar and…

This is part of a series called Nordic Sojourn 2022 We continued our northward sail during the night to the area of Woodfjorden and Liefdefjorden to visit a trapping cabin known as Texas Bar.  In the morning, however, we were pretty heavily socked in with fog, causing a delay in going ashore.  Texas Bar was…

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By Glen Bruels

Tahiti Part 1

This is part of a series called French Polynesia So begins our next big adventure — French Polynesia.  We are starting, and will finish, our trip here in Tahiti.  Since we only have one full day on either side of the rest of our trip, we wanted to make the most our time.  Our strategy…

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