June 12, 2025 We are in Chemideoya a small island just 500 miles from the North Pole. Our adventure today puts boots on the ground to search for polar bears. After a zodiac ride from the ship to the shore and a scary landing at the beach where we had to climb on wet rocks …
June 11, 2025 Today the adventure begins!! We have arrived at our first exploration spot Lillhookfjorded. It is a 14-kilometer long ford branch of Kossfjorden. The glacier is the largest glacier of northwestern Spitsbergen. Suffice it to say that the important part is we are sitting in brash ice with a spectacular glacier in front …
June 10, 2025 Today is a travel day as we travel from Helsinki to Longyearbyen Norway. Longyearbyen is 78 degrees north so almost to the North Pole!! It is home to 2,400 people and 3000 snowmobiles!!! It is the administrative capital of Svalbard and is situated on the southern side of Adventfjorden. The settlement was …
