Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Svalbard In-Depth Expedition Hard to say which we enjoyed more, the sunny days at the glaciers or the foggy ones, but this day was truly spectacular with lots of icebugs in the fog and mist. Not to worry our zodiac drivers had GPS so that we could easily find our way back…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Svalbard In-Depth Expedition What a treat this day was. We started off with a tour of a trapper’s cabin and bird cliffs, but the landing was especially exciting when an arctic fox vixen and her two kits were spotted by the rocks. I didn’t have my good camera, so the pictures of…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Svalbard In-Depth Expedition While we didn’t go ashore that evening for the Whaler’s site ruins, we did spot a blue whale and got to watch it for quite some time that evening.
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Svalbard In-Depth Expedition This was the first excursion on the zodiacs of the cruise, and to be honest I wasn’t sure that expedition cruising and zodiac cruises were a good fit for me. My mind was completely changed when we came upon the pod of Beluga whales. It was an awe inspiring…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Svalbard In-Depth Expedition We actually had about one an a half days in Longyearbyen, but Aurora Expeditions hosted us on the embarkation day. These first few pictures are actually outside our hotel at about 10:30 at night, yes 10:30 at night on the arrival day. Aurora Expeditions includes a pre-night stay in…
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