Here Be Bears...
August 29, 2019 ⋅ ⛅ 0 °CMother 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 decidedRead more
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 decidedRead more
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 hasRead more
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 ArcticRead more
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 ofRead more
We’re still heading West with Devon Island on our Port side, all being well we change course to 74° N 30° W in approximately one hour
The coastline is broken up with snowcapped mountains andRead more
We change course at 16:37 hrs, when we will be off Cape Sherard from 74° to 39° on our way North East to Bogin Bay when we expect to arrive at 09:20 hrs tomorrow
Running a slight swell and blusteryRead more
Heading NNE on 017 for the next 6:00 hours then 355. The eta for Boger Bay is now 07:00hrs
We’ll pass Coburg Island on our Port side in approximately 2:00 hours and, if we’re lucky, and awake, weRead more
Just arriving in Bogen Bay, onEllesmere Island, the striations are so clear and pattered and the glaciers are amazing
We’ve been drifting along the Eastern shoreline for over two hours and haveRead more
We’re in Makinson Inlet, with Bowman Island to our Port, on a course 195 to Fram Fjord which we expect to reach at 13:45 hrs