This is part of a series called Nordic Sojourn 2022 Our first landing of the trip was at Gravneset that is rated as one of the most beautiful fjords in Svalbard. It is surrounded by tall mountains and glaciers. It’s also one of the largest burial grounds (over 130 graves) in Svalbard dating from the…
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This is part of a series called Nordic Sojourn 2022 Today, we flew from Oslo to Longyearbyen. It is located at 78 degrees North — just 1316 kilometers from the North Pole, with a resident population of 2400 people from 53 different countries. It was nearly a three hour flight from Oslo to get here…
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This is part of a series called French Polynesia The genesis of this trip came from my frustration of not seeing 2017’s total eclipse in Oregon. We heard the traffic was going to be an absolute nightmare, so we decided to stay in Seattle to see the 96% complete eclipse. I’ve got news for you…
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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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This is part of a series called Antactica Dec. 2017 – Jan. 2018 As we left Petermann Island, we realized we were done — heading home. Â As we slowly started heading out to the Drake Passage, we started to see more, larger cruise ships who didn’t make it into some of the places that a…
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This is part of a series called Antactica Dec. 2017 – Jan. 2018 After our time in Neko Island, we steamed around a bit to hit the Lemaire Channel in the morning. Â During dinner, we had quite a surprise — a pod of Orcas and a few Humpbacks that buzzed the ship for nearly 3…
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This is part of a series called Antactica Dec. 2017 – Jan. 2018 Today we pulled into Brown Station, one of 13 research stations operated by Argentina in Antarctica. Â I found it odd that such a small country would have so many stations in Antarctica until I learned that the Antarctic Treaty is periodically reviewed…
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This is part of a series called Antactica Dec. 2017 – Jan. 2018 Weather — more specifically wind — caused us to have to change the schedule around a bit today. Â Too much ice was being blown in the direction we were trying to go, so off we went to Danco Island. Â Frankly, there are…
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This is part of a series called Antactica Dec. 2017 – Jan. 2018 Today we had the opportunity to make two landings — Yankee Harbor (within Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands) and Deception Island. Â Both were amazing for different reasons. Â The Yankee Harbor landing was really about seeing the Gentoo Penguins during nesting…
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This is part of a series called Antactica Dec. 2017 – Jan. 2018 As we left South Georgia Island, I became aware of the mixing that goes on in the southern seas — whether vertically as the cold Antarctic waters mix with the warmer Atlantic waters or horizontally as the ongoing counterclockwise current around Antarctica…
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