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. On the cruise, we visited:
Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition 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 not cooperate and by the time the ship was ready to put the…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition 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…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition 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 station had remnants of a blubber processing…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition 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 drama.
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition 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.
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