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juni 2022

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Powell Ettinger Norway 22
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- 18. jun. 2022, 19:00
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Høyde: Sjønivå
- Norge Oslo Aker brygge Pipervika 59.909845, 10.72821159°54’35” N 10°43’42” E
Oslo harbour
18. juni 2022, Norge ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Arrive in Oslo on Saturday night, it is warm and sunny, so head to the harbour for a drink to watch boats and beautiful people at play. It is expensive but this is Norway.
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Powell Ettinger Norway 22
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- 19. jun. 2022, 10:00
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Høyde: 46 m
- Norge Oslo Majorstuen Frogner Park 59.924902, 10.70702459°55’30” N 10°42’25” E
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Vigeland Park
19. juni 2022, Norge ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Vigeland Park, an extraordinary collection of sculpture, all created by the celebrated Gustav Vigeland.

Vigeland devoted 20 years to the project of an open exhibition of his works, known as the Vigeland Sculpture Arrangement in Frogner Park. The Vigeland installation includes as many as 212 bronze and granite sculptures, all designed by Gustav Vigeland. The sculptures culminate in the extraordinary Monolith, with its 121 naked figures struggling to reach the top of the sculpture.Les mer
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Powell Ettinger Norway 22
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- 19. jun. 2022, 14:00
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Høyde: 37 m
- Norge Oslo Majorstuen Frogner Park 59.926944, 10.7012359°55’37” N 10°42’4” E
Dag 1
The man with the flowers
19. juni 2022, Norge ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We had 40 minutes to wait for a friend and while we were waiting, we spotted the man with flowers. He was stood in the centre of a large tarmac apron with a bunch of flowers in one hand. For half an hour he paced up down, but who was he waiting for?

Were the flowers a form of ID so someone would know who to approach? A first date? For his mother? Maybe even he was just a delivery man holding the flowers for someone to collect before going down on one knee?

We thought the mystery would never be sold as our friend was due any moment, but he messaged to say he was 20 minutes late.

20 minutes, he glanced at his watch for the first time. 25 minutes, he began checking his phone. 30 minutes, his pacing became more frenetic, each length a little longer, and he moved to the centre of the apron so as to be seen better.

31 minutes, our friend messaged to say he'd be there in 2 minutes.

33.5 minutes, a blond in black walked through the park gates, and approached the mn with the flowers. They hugged, he gave her the flowers, and they walked away. Worth the wait!Les mer
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Powell Ettinger Norway 22
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- 19. jun. 2022, 17:00
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Høyde: 286 m
- Norge Oslo Holmenkollen 59.960395, 10.66923359°57’37” N 10°40’9” E
Dag 1
Oslo ski jump
19. juni 2022, Norge ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
A large concrete structure ugly, dominating the sky line and hugely impressive. You've seen ski jumping on tv, this puts it in perspective. It is huge, and the thought of flying off this vast structure on skis into the night sky. Wow. I don't want to do it, but I would love to watch it.Les mer
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Powell Ettinger Norway 22
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- 20. jun. 2022, 17:00
- ☁️ 3 °C
- Høyde: 29 m
- Svalbard og Jan Mayen Spitsbergen Bolterdalshaugen 78.171377, 15.99297678°10’17” N 15°59’35” E
Dag 2
Barents Hut
20. juni 2022, Svalbard og Jan Mayen ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Somewhere for tourists to visit while waiting for their ship. Huskies o play with, a bit of history and some hot tea and welcome respite from the biting wind. A bit of history of Svalbard. Coal mines. Large 'Husky farms' and a few passing reindeer.Les mer
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Powell Ettinger Norway 22
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- 21. jun. 2022, 09:34
- 🌧 3 °C
- Høyde: 16 m
- Svalbard og Jan Mayen Spitsbergen De Seuetinden 79.341502, 11.72604579°20’29” N 11°43’34” E
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Lilliehook Fjord and glacier
21. juni 2022, Svalbard og Jan Mayen ⋅ 🌧 3 °C
First stop on the cruise. Long briefings about polar bears and AECO done, we took to the zodiacs for a couple of hours. The glacier is massive and spectacular and we saw a few small calvings. But no wildlife apart from a few birds.

Walk up a nearby hillside past some old oil drums and twisted metal, the remains of a wwII German weather station that was bombed by Norwegians.

Sharing a meal table with young (?) UK couple, Richard and Amy, vets from Liverpool way. Good people, on honeymoon.

First impressions of the trip an Ship.

The ship seems excellent in choppy seas, very Littleborough, and is also excellent cruising through ice.

Expedition manager, Howard, has been doing this A very long time. He's climbed Everest and many other interesting trips. Yet he is not inspirational in any way. Dull monotone voice and similar outlook. He speaks like Marvin, the paranoid Android. But without the depressing side or the humour.

He maybe very good at managing the Expeditions but you need more than that when running a trip for paying passengers. And so far his trip matches his personality.

Food on board is adequate. Suffers from comparison to Ponant.

Covid protocols are very half hearted. Sort of thing you should either do properly or not at all.Les mer
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- 22. jun. 2022, 09:00
- ☁️ 3 °C
- Høyde: Sjønivå
- Svalbard og Jan Mayen Bjørnfjorden 79.646962, 11.15774679°38’49” N 11°9’28” E
Dag 4
Not good
22. juni 2022, Svalbard og Jan Mayen ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Slept very badly last night, fee ache and have sore throat. Called Dr to ask for Covid test. Was told to go to medical room ( not good protocol). Fairly perfunctory rapid test. Negative. I don't believe it.

Didn't feel like joining zodiac trip so went back to bed. Dr called at 11 to do PCR test ( why change mind?). Pcr positive. Caroline negative, so we have to spend 5 days in isolation in SEPERATE cabins. Eugh.

Caroline did join the zodiac. Seals and walruses.Les mer
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Powell Ettinger Norway 22
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- 23. jun. 2022, 10:00
- ⛅ 0 °C
- Høyde: Sjønivå
- Arctic Ocean 80.680701, 20.96295980°40’51” N 20°57’47” E
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Ice pack n bear
23. juni 2022, Arctic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
Stuck in my cabin. Running out of podcasts to listen to, as we chug somewhere along the north coast of Spitsbergen. We enter a channel that runs between a small cluster of islands, Sjuoyane islands. The channel is full of broken sea ice but the ship was built just for this, and presses on through.

Marvin announces that there is a bear somewhere in the distance on the ice, so we will stop a while. The sun puts in a rare appearance but I can't see this alleged bear. After a while the GM inches forward and the bear comes into view. It is still a long way away, but I can get a reasonable sight through the binoculars. Over the next hour the bear moves from about 11.30 to 9 o'clock ( position wise )and approaches to withn about 50 yards, despite the racket coming from 2-3 nearby cabins who don't seem to grasp the concept of noise scaring wildlife.Les mer
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Powell Ettinger Norway 22
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- 24. jun. 2022, 10:00
- ☁️ 0 °C
- Høyde: 5 m
- Svalbard og Jan Mayen Spitsbergen Storøya 80.139295, 27.75206580°8’21” N 27°45’7” E
Dag 6
Storoya
24. juni 2022, Svalbard og Jan Mayen ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
A lot of sea time to get here. Arrived but then announced there was nothing ashore to see, and cold, so no reason to stop.
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Powell Ettinger Norway 22
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- 24. jun. 2022, 15:57
- ⛅ 0 °C
- Høyde: Sjønivå
- Barents Sea 79.672528, 26.61514279°40’21” N 26°36’55” E
Dag 6
Who knows
24. juni 2022, Barents Sea ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
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