Our First Bear
2 de agosto de 2022, Canadá ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
… and we didn’t even have to fly to Greenland to see it 😀
All kidding aside, we’re at the Signature Terminal for our Canadian North charter flight to Kangerlussuaq. Boarding soon.
… and we didn’t even have to fly to Greenland to see it 😀
All kidding aside, we’re at the Signature Terminal for our Canadian North charter flight to Kangerlussuaq. Boarding soon.
… For where we are in Toronto now (Mississauga) … where we will embark the ship today (Kangerlussuaq) … and where we will end the expedition in two weeks (Resolute).
Onboard our Canadian North charter flight to Greenland.
No idea when we will have internet again. See you when we see you.
The beast, in this case, is the B737-400 that is our air chariot from Canada to Greenland.
We’ve dropped into the Iqaluit Airport on Baffin Island to switch crews, shop at the commissary (in otherLeer más
… and this one actually has the coloring of the polar bears we hope to see at some point during our expedition.
(And if we don’t see any bears this time, that’s OK too. After all, in 2009, weLeer más
We’re heading up into the icy Arctic to explore the waters that Franklin and his men sailed … before disappearing forever, Don’t worry, we don’t plan to follow that far in theirLeer más
Our first glimpse of Greenland on this trip is from the air.
Can you imagine this whole area covered in ice?
Once our flight landed, we were whisked onto the transfer buses for a 30-minute ride to the dock … no immigration; no customs.
At the dock, a number of expedition team members were waiting for usLeer más
Our checked bags and the provisions that came with us on the flight to supplement the ship’s commissary have been barged to Ultramarine in the wake of our arrival by zodiac.
The muster drill isLeer más
All we need to know for zodiac operations — and God forbid, in the event of an emergency — is on the keycards we received yesterday when we embarked Ultramarine.
Muster Station ✔️ … StationLeer más