Kapisillit

Paul was up again during the night because of fog and ice and ended up getting to bed around 5.30 am.

The ship's arrival off Kapisillit was a bit delayed because of ice coming off a glacier off one of the side arms of the fijord. The passage was slower than anticipated.

Because there are no depth soundings, the ship couldn't sail closer to the landing site, so it was a 10 to 15 minute zodiac ride to the landing site.

On landing, we could follow markers across the tundra, which was boggy at times. We wished that we had worn the Bogs boots!

The walk was lovely and eventually got to the top of a hill overlooking another fjord where there was lots of ice. The panoramic view was well worth the hour's trek.

When we got back to the zodiac landing site, I felt like going into the water for a dip. The sun was out, and we were in a beautiful place. The expedition team gave me the all-clear to go. There was a small bay on the other side of the huge rock that separated it and the landing zone, so I went in there so my swim wouldn't interfere with zodiacs coming and going. Paul thought I was mad! Fortunately, I was wearing my swimming costume underneath the layers, and I had packed a hand towel to dry off afterwards. The water was cold, so I didn't stay in long. I went to dry off, but then the water called me back in, so I went in again and stayed a bit longer. I felt invigorated afterwards!

Once we were back on board the ship, we had some soup for lunch and then went and sat in one of the hot tubs for a while. The sun was nice and warm, so we were able to sit outside on our cabin's balcony afterwards.Read more