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- Jumaat, 23 Ogos 2019 11:37 PG
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitud: 256 kaki
EnglandManchester Airport53°21’40” N 2°16’27” W
Awaiting our flight
23 Ogos 2019, England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Manchester Airport, at last, and waiting for our flight to Kevlavik Airport in Reykjavik
We’re in the Aspire Lounge and relaxing with a much deserved drink with out breakfast!
Not long now!
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- Jumaat, 23 Ogos 2019 3:10 PTG
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitud: 108 kaki
IcelandKeflavík International Airport63°59’47” N 22°37’26” W
Kevlavik - Iceland
23 Ogos 2019, Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Arrived safe and sound, a quick Customs and now onto TheGrand Hotel, in Reykjavik
On leaving the airport you pass a really novel sculpture called ‘The Jet Nest’ at the entrance to theBaca lagi
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- Jumaat, 23 Ogos 2019 4:59 PTG
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitud: 20 kaki
- IcelandLaugardalslaug64°8’32” N 21°53’31” W
Grand Hotel in Reykjavik
23 Ogos 2019, Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We have arrived at the hotel and we’re in room 1343 but it’s down as P43 !
Fabulous view across Reykjavik and the room lovely with jacuzzi and balcony overlooking the town and harbour
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- Sabtu, 24 Ogos 2019 11:36 PG
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitud: 20 kaki
- IcelandHarpa64°9’0” N 21°55’59” W
Harpa Concert Hall
24 Ogos 2019, Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
One of Reykjavik’s major landmarks built over 4 years, from 2007 to 2011
It’s truly amazing, inside and out, almost entirely created from glass and mirrored panels...I can see me
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- Sabtu, 24 Ogos 2019 11:46 PG
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitud: 13 kaki
- IcelandRauðarárvík64°8’51” N 21°55’21” W
Solfar Sun Voyager
24 Ogos 2019, Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
This fabulous sculpture, which looks like a Viking Ship, in the harbour is called The Sun Voyager (Solfar) which is in fact an ode to the sun
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- Sabtu, 24 Ogos 2019 1:15 PTG
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitud: 157 kaki
- IcelandReykjavik Airport64°7’45” N 21°55’3” W
Perlan
24 Ogos 2019, Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
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- Ahad, 25 Ogos 2019 12:56 PTG
- 🌧 10 °C
- Altitud: 23 kaki
- IcelandLaugardalslaug64°8’33” N 21°53’30” W
Preparing for onward trip
25 Ogos 2019, Iceland ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Relaxed morning packing up ready for our flight to Kangerlussuaq Airport
Went to Sculpture Museum this morning really interesting but, sadly, not enough time. Lainey’s off now to the Art Museum andBaca lagi
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- Ahad, 25 Ogos 2019 6:08 PTG
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitud: 62 kaki
- IcelandKeflavík International Airport63°59’41” N 22°37’35” W
Kevlavik Airport
25 Ogos 2019, Iceland ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Back at the airport again and heading off to Greenland, at last, but where did all these strange and ‘reality challenged’ people come from...surely not American?
Oh, by the way it’s pouring down! 😳
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- Ahad, 25 Ogos 2019 10:12 PTG UTC
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitud: 623 kaki
GreenlandCamp Lloyd67°0’0” N 51°0’0” W
Landed - Kangerlussuaq
25 Ogos 2019, Greenland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Kangerlussuaq, which means ‘Big Fjord’ is tiny although they do have the military presence here
The buses, for our onward journey to pick up Explorer in Sondrestrom Port, includes an AmericanBaca lagi
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- Ahad, 25 Ogos 2019 11:11 PTG UTC
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitud: 43 kaki
- GreenlandBrennan Pynt66°57’20” N 50°58’6” W
National Geographic Explorer
25 Ogos 2019, Greenland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Arrived at Sondrestrom Port where Explorer is harboured, we have a 5 minute Zodiac ride to reach the ship, thankfully we’ve made it and enjoying a well deserved drink in the lounge...cheersBaca lagi
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- Isnin, 26 Ogos 2019 2:59 PTG UTC
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitud: Paras Laut
Davis Strait66°56’7” N 53°51’10” W
On our way to Sisimiut
26 Ogos 2019, Davis Strait ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
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- Isnin, 26 Ogos 2019 3:46 PTG UTC
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitud: Paras Laut
- Davis Strait67°0’0” N 54°0’0” W
Arrived in Sisimuit
26 Ogos 2019, Davis Strait ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
17.15 and heading away from Sisimuit after a really interesting day with ‘Birdy’ a really lovely Inuit girl who gave us a tour of the Municipality.
It’s now 17.35 and we’re sailing through aBaca lagi
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- Selasa, 27 Ogos 2019 10:54 PG
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitud: Paras Laut
- North Atlantic Ocean68°27’36” N 12°10’60” W
Crossing Davis Strait
27 Ogos 2019, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
...and into Baffin Bay very calm but quite a wind chill, we sighted our first iceberg this morning at breakfast and they’re showing up a little more frequently now
We’re entering Nunavut, CanadaBaca lagi
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- Selasa, 27 Ogos 2019 3:19 PTG UTC
- ⛅ 5 °C
- Altitud: Paras Laut
- Baffin Bay71°7’0” N 64°5’2” W
Northern Bottlenose Whales
27 Ogos 2019, Baffin Bay ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Slight detour to close in on these magnificent creatures
Not often seen as they really only spend time on the surface to ‘recover’ after their long dives
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- Rabu, 28 Ogos 2019 12:56 PG UTC
- ⛅ -24 °C
- Altitud: 14,813 kaki
- Greenland71°14’29” N 38°13’31” W
Baffin Island
28 Ogos 2019, Greenland ⋅ ⛅ -24 °C
Land, our first sight of Baffin Island, although it’s not a first sighting!
We’re back from dinner so missed a ‘first sight’ but earlier, during dinner, we saw icebergs drifting down fromBaca lagi
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- Rabu, 28 Ogos 2019 10:42 PG
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitud: Paras Laut
- Northwest Passage72°46’60” N 77°18’0” W
Into Eclipse Sound
28 Ogos 2019, Northwest Passage ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Leaving Baffin Bay behind and heading into Eclipse Sound with Cape Graham Moore on our right, Cape MacCulloch to our left and Pond Inlet our destination ahead
The scenery is dramatic indeed withBaca lagi
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- Rabu, 28 Ogos 2019 11:22 PG
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitud: 197 kaki
KanadaPond Inlet Airport72°41’0” N 77°58’0” W
Arrival in Pond Inlet
28 Ogos 2019, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
We have arrived, officially, in Canada (Pond Inlet) and theres the usual Customs to be gone through but, thankfully, that doesn’t involve individual attendance
Mittimatalik in Inuktitut meansBaca lagi
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- Khamis, 29 Ogos 2019 4:39 PG UTC
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitud: 20 kaki
- Northwest Passage73°20’0” N 80°56’0” W
Heading North
29 Ogos 2019, Northwest Passage ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
...toward Lancaster Sound
The cloud formations are amazing and there are three glaciers edging into the Sound along this stretch alone
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- Khamis, 29 Ogos 2019 2:52 PTG UTC
- ☁️ -2 °C
- Altitud: 912 kaki
- Kanada74°53’0” N 91°15’0” W
Lancaster Sound
29 Ogos 2019, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
We sail West in Lancaster Sound (Tallurutiup Imanga), the weather is clear for about 50m then surrounded by mist so everything is a uniform grey with fine snow driven horizontally
And now, our firstBaca lagi
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- Khamis, 29 Ogos 2019 7:48 PTG UTC
- ⛅ 0 °C
- Altitud: 13 kaki
- Northwest Passage74°11’0” N 91°43’0” W
Signs of Ice and Snow
29 Ogos 2019, Northwest Passage ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
There’s certainly a nip in the air and the ice floes are getting more frequent, Seals have been spotted, as well as another expedition ship ahead, but nothing more so far. We’ll be entering a bitBaca lagi
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- Khamis, 29 Ogos 2019 9:18 PTG UTC
- ⛅ 0 °C
- Altitud: 23 kaki
- Northwest Passage74°13’49” N 92°39’7” W
Here Be Bears...
29 Ogos 2019, Northwest Passage ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
Mother and Cub out on the ice we crept up on them but they were quite far into the ice about 15 minutes later a Male Polar Bear was spotted paws down so we swept starboard toward him then he decidedBaca lagi
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- Jumaat, 30 Ogos 2019 3:35 PG UTC
- ☁️ 0 °C
- Altitud: 16 kaki
- Northwest Passage74°23’19” N 93°33’49” W
Barrow Strait...
30 Ogos 2019, Northwest Passage ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
Sadly, this is the point where we turn away from Cornwallis Island, and Somerset Island, in the Barrow Strait, and head towards Terror Bay and Beechey Island, which we can see in the distance
It hasBaca lagi
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- Jumaat, 30 Ogos 2019 8:55 PG
- ☁️ 0 °C
- Altitud: 23 kaki
- KanadaErebus and Terror Bay74°42’55” N 91°47’10” W
Entering Erebus and Terror Bay
30 Ogos 2019, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
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- Jumaat, 30 Ogos 2019 4:16 PTG
- ☁️ 3 °C
- Altitud: 82 kaki
- KanadaScallon Cove74°45’11” N 91°10’1” W
Off Devon Island
30 Ogos 2019, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Leaving Terror Bay we hugged the coast heading West to Bradstock Bay
The fossil collected is some 400,000,000 years (400 million) moved by teutonic plate from a warm tropical sea to this ArcticBaca lagi
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- Sabtu, 31 Ogos 2019 9:10 PG
- ☁️ 4 °C
- Altitud: Paras Laut
- KanadaInglefield Hill74°31’53” N 82°25’53” W
Dundas Harbour
31 Ogos 2019, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Site of an archeological Thule Dwelling at Morin Point which was hard to decipher, even with Linda’s guidance
After that we boarded the Zodiacs again to ? and walked over to Johnson Bay the site ofBaca lagi