Suzanne Klasen

This landing sight offered us a full array of wildlife, from playful and lazy walrus to surprise reindeer appearances. We even had a couple people who got stuck up to the top of their… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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.

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… Read more

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,… Read more

In order to make the logistics work for this cruise, we planned our flights with a two night layover in Oslo. That worked out really well and we loved the city. We were blessed… Read more