Stories from sea to shore…
16 Night Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition cruise in August 2023 onboard the Silversea ship Silver Clound roundtrip from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland We also had pre and post cruise nights in New York city.
Silversea includes any pre-cruise hotel stays that might be required for certain logistics with the price of the cruise. They put us up at the Times Square adjacent Intercontinental hotel right on Broadway. While… Read more
We were pleased to have a window seat as we flew over the long fjord on our way to Kangerlussuaq. This is where our charter plane from New York flew into. The US Airforce… Read more
Nuuk is the capitol for Greenland, which for now is still part of Denmark. They do have a semi-autonomous government, but are still very much dependent on Denmark for much of their funding. There… 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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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 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