Suzanne Klasen

Tucked into a little corner of Disko Island, Qeqertarsuaq is a little village that was founded as a whaling station back in 1773. All around the town we saw colorful buildings, Greenlandic Dogs, and… Read more

Did you know that Santa makes his summer home in Uummannaq, Greenland? That is what the children of Greenland have been told since the move production company built a turf house in the hills,… Read more

Our visit to Upernavik on this day was not pre-planned. The ship crossed Baffin Bay early in order to avoid rough seas, so we arrived here without much prior notification. The ship had tried… Read more

This was another exciting day for us. We woke up to a polar bear on the ice. The plan was for us to do a zodiac cruise in the area, but the weather did… Read more

I enjoyed a peaceful short walk to the little lake on this island and then headed back to the ship. However, the folks who did the long walk got quite a bit of excitement… Read more

This day brought us out to an old whaling station archeological site. We were accompanied by Christian our on board Archeological expert who is a professor at the University of Glasgow. His specialty is… Read more

The afternoon, brough us to a similar, but more geologically impressive rock in the ocean. Again we circumnavigated the islands. This time it was the way the fog rolled in and out and over… Read more

On this day we rode zodiacs around a lonely rock in the middle of the ocean to catch a glimpse of the walrus. Quite invigorating as we circumnavigated the island.

The early morning start and a little bit of fog in the area allowed us to hit the jackpot for polar bear sightings this day. I brought my zoom camera in the morning, but… Read more

The beautiful sunny day worked against our chances of finding a polar bear this day. When it is super sunny they tend to get a little too hot, so they aren’t very active. We… Read more

The town of Iqaluit was our first stop in Canada where the ship cleared customs early in the morning and allowed us to take a morning tour of the little town. The first place… Read more

Had the weather cooperated a little better, this would have been one of the most scenic days of the cruise, but unfortunately we had mist and light rain through-out our zodiac cruise. However it… Read more