Cruise Talk

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 as they were coming back to the landing site. A bear had come over the ridge and was running towards the area where they were loading on the Zodiacs. The polar bear protocols kicked in with several of the bear guards… 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 Inuit and Paleo Inuit people. This… 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 the landscape that added to the… 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 it wasn’t fully charged and I… 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 did see some spectacular island cliffs… 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 we stopped was the site of… Read more