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.
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
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
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
The Ilulissat Ice Fjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the most amazing thing we saw on this trip, The Sermeq Glacier, hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, feeds billions of tons… Read more
Because our charter flight wasn’t until the evening, but the ship needed to be prepped for the next folks boarding the cruise, we were provided with a tour in Kangerlussuaq that took us on… Read more
We were blessed with some beautiful late evening sunsets, usually around 11 pm to Midnight, depending on how far north we were, but one spectacular evening we experienced the Aurora Borealis at just after… Read more
One of the things that differentiated this cruise from other expedition cruises that we have done is that there was a mini entertainment team consisting of Daniel the Entertainment Director, a singer/piano player, a… Read more
Words cannot capture the amazing dining experience on the Silver Cloud. From highly trained waiters who pay attention to every detail, including things like decanting a vintage wine, to facing the wine bottle the… Read more
The service on this cruise was extrordinary from the moment we walk on. Our butler and housekeeping team did a great job keeping our room spotless and attending to every need. We had the… Read more
If visiting some of the most remote places on earth, learning about arctic cultures, and finding seldom seen wildlife like Polar Bears in their natural habitat is something you have always dreamed of doing,… Read more