14 Night Svalbard in Depth Expedition cruise in June/July 2023 onboard the Aurora Expeditions ship Sylvia Earle roundtrip from Longyearbyen, Norway. We also had pre cruise nights in Oslo and Longyearbyen. On the cruise, we visited:
Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Svalbard In-Depth Expedition Another spectacular day of wildlife. We started the morning with the medium hike which afforded us Walrus as well as interesting landscapes. Back on the ship a bear was spotted in the water and as the ship turned to see him, the hauled himself and his catch out of…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Svalbard In-Depth Expedition With the fog coming back into the area, we couldn’t do our planned afternoon landing, but even had a better treat, a very relaxed bear resting with her carcass of some animal on which she was feeding. She would eat for a while, then take a nap and then…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Svalbard In-Depth Expedition 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.
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Svalbard In-Depth Expedition 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 first polar bear sighting of our trip. More and…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Svalbard In-Depth Expedition 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 your self and every once in a while skip…
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