Tag: nature
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Routine?
July 24-26, 2026 Our ship slips slowly through aquamarine waters, small icebergs crackle like rice crispies as ancient air bubbles escape, and glaciers with cobalt edges surround us. Geese cry in the distance, and black-legged kittiwakes alight from the ice, annoyed by our intrusion into their serene world. This is the view we have multiple…
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Humbled Before Nature
July 23, 2026 The captain came on the ship’s PA this morning at 5:00am with an announcement that we were approaching Moffin Island. At 80 degrees north, this sliver of sand sitting 6 feet above sea level is home to one of the largest known walrus haul outs. Sometimes, up to thousands of these giants…
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The Arctic in a Day
July 22, 2026 We awoke anchored by high sea cliffs off the eastern shore of Spitzbergen and emerged onto the balcony to find ourselves surrounded by guillemots. Black and white, a bit like penguins, they are definitely not designed for flight, but are aquatic acrobatics, flying underwater as far as 650 feet in search of…
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The Show
July 21-22, 2026 We thought the day was made after our polar bear sighting, but the Arctic had more entertainment in store. First up, the Polar Plunge. It was a calm day with light wind, and the captain thought conditions were perfect for the fabled jump. Having done this in Antarctic sun, I was a…
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Shhh…Don’t Wake the Polar Bear
July 20-21, 2026 Our day began with subtlety and a baptism. The wind was still blowing like crazy and there was quite a swell, but I think the team felt badly that we cancelled the day prior, so they were determined to make today’s outings work. Cruising along in the swell of the Barents Sea,…
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