August 26, 2019 ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
August 26, 2019 ⋅ ⛅ 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 aRead more
North Atlantic Ocean 68°27’36” N 12°10’60” W
August 27, 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, CanadaRead more
August 27, 2019 ⋅ ⛅ 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
Greenland 71°14’29” N 38°13’31” W
August 28, 2019 in 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 fromRead more
August 28, 2019 ⋅ ☁️ 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 withRead more
CanadaNunavutPond InletPond Inlet Airport72°41’0” N 77°58’0” W
August 28, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 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 meansRead more
August 29, 2019 ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
...toward Lancaster Sound
The cloud formations are amazing and there are three glaciers edging into the Sound along this stretch alone
Canada 74°53’0” N 91°15’0” W
August 29, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ -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 firstRead more
August 29, 2019 ⋅ ⛅ 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 bitRead more
