Cruise Talk

This morning’s zodiac rides was one of the most unique as we traveled through a narrow channel called Ormholet, or Wormhole. It was quite interesting to see the bird cliffs, waterfalls and the changing current in the little narrow passage.

This was an evening where once the fog of the earlier part of the day lifted we spent the evening on the observation deck looking for wild life. That little white dot on that island very far away was our… Read more

This was a pretty mellow day. We didn’t even go ashore and the morning Zodiac cruise as it was quite foggy. So that is a little tip that I will give my fellow expedition cruisers. Sometimes you have to pace… Read more

The previous day we had sailed around the glaciers and icebergs on a beautiful sunny day, but our day sailing around Negrilbreen was on a foggy day and was equally as breath taking. No worries about getting lost in the… Read more

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 boots in tundra mud but took… 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 worry our zodiac drivers had GPS… 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 were spotted by the rocks. I… Read more