Category Archives: Travel

Hiking and Boating in Greenland

Posted on August 13, 2016 by David Cross

We took the ship deep in the famous Kjeser Franz-Jospeh fjord since all the ice is melting away and it can now be reached in the summer months.  It is famous for the German North Pole expedition in the late … Continue reading →

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Arctic Circle Birds and Islands

Posted on August 12, 2016 by David Cross

This afternoon we hopped in the zodiacs to go check out the borg of Guillemot birds that live and control Alkjefellet (Auk Mountain) island. The island is full of waterfalls and nests. There is apparently 60,000 of these buggers living … Continue reading →

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Arctic Circle – Blue Whales Following Us!

Posted on August 11, 2016 by David Cross

Another day of Arctic Circle sailing on the Le Boreal ice-breaking cruise ship! We left the Norwegian territory and we are now in the middle of the Greenland sea… What did we detect that was following us?  These were blue … Continue reading →

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Polar Bears Know How to Swim!

Posted on August 11, 2016 by David Cross

When we were about 60 miles away from the eastern coast of Greenland…and what did we see? Rare to see them that far out – the captain of the ship almost went ballistic as nobody believed him when he sighted … Continue reading →

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Trapped by Arctic Ice!

Posted on August 11, 2016 by David Cross

This evening, we headed around Nordaustland island to explore the twin ice caps Austfonna Vegafonna.  We tried to go through the passage to the west of the island which is normally ice locked. It was a bright and sunny morning…at … Continue reading →

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Even in the Arctic Circle – You are Followed

Posted on August 10, 2016 by David Cross

We went back south to check out the (small) Stor0ya island. We wanted to explore for some more local wildlife that may be hanging out around the research points.  I think this is one of the cell phone signal capture … Continue reading →

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Late Night Polar Bear Attacks in Arctic Circle!

Posted on August 10, 2016 by David Cross

The ship headed up to the ice barrier today…we wanted to explore the where the northern ice line exists.  And supposedly, this is where the polar bear mafia resides. We got up to approximately 81 degrees 55 minutes north and … Continue reading →

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Walruses or Zombies in Arctic Circle?

Posted on August 9, 2016 by David Cross

The Seven Islands Archipelago We traveled much further north to 80 degrees 45 minutes north.  Much colder and windy for sure.  No satellite or Internet up here!  These islands are famous for the British North Pole expeditions by John Phipps … Continue reading →

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Ever Hike a Glacier?

Posted on August 9, 2016 by David Cross

The satellite connectivity and Internet speeds are horribly slow.  The nice pictures are just too large to upload.  So for this posting, I am using the famous high end Microsoft Paint program to reduce the size of the pics so … Continue reading →

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We are back! Blogging from Ny-Alesund

Posted on August 8, 2016 by David Cross

We wanted to make sure we could run in the Arctic Circle, so we stopped at Ny-Alesund which is at 78 Degrees 55 minutes North latitude. It is located in the northern part of the Svalbard islands which are controlled … Continue reading →

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