Monday, June 10, 2013 Monday, June 10th Morning Activities Today we truly ventured north. We woke very early to discover the ship had discovered ice. Ice conditions prevented a landing at the abandoned Soviet research base. Instead the captain took…
Saturday, June 8, 2013 Cape Kanin is the last outpost of the White Sea and mainland Russia before we head north into the Barents Sea. We did a little Tundra hiking before our 2 day sea voyage to the next destination.
Chapoma River If you believe the guides, apparently we were the first westerners to visit this Chapoma River village. We saw first hand how hard life is in these remote lands. There is no wharf for large boats to land…
Thursday, June 6, 2013 Zayatsky Island This was our first ‘real’ expedition outing as we got into the zodiacs for the first time this trip to join the Expedition team and local guides for a walk to view a chapel…
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 We visited Solovetsky Island and Monastery on a cold summer’s day. This spiritual home to the Russian Orthodox Church was the greatest citadel of the church in the far north until it was turned into a…
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Sunday to Tuesday, June 2-4, 2013 We left Kirkenes, Norway, at 6:30pm on June 2nd and arrived in Arkhangelsk, some 38 hours later on June 4th. Since this was The World’s first port-of-call in Russia on this trip, it took…
Sunday, June 2, 2013 We docked for the day in the quiet town of Kirkenes. Since there was not much going on here, being Sunday didn’t help either, we decided to do a 15km / 10m bike trip to the…
Saturday, June 1, 2013 Today we sailed past Hammerfest which claims to be the northern most city in the world. This claim is in dispute with Honningsvåg which is further North but maybe is not a city. Barrow in Alaska which…
Thursday, May 30, 2013 Caroline and I reunited in Oslo just as we boarded the 90 minute flight to Tromsø. Caroline was coming from Belgium and I from Los Angeles. After 1 month apart it was certainly good to see…
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Today Sterlin got dropped off at Schumacher Cargo and Logistics for shipping to Australia. The process was extremely easy and very reasonably priced at $1,850. In preparation of arrival into Sydney, Sterlin underwent a serious cleaning…
Sunday, May 19, 2013 I arrived in Zaventem, from Stockholm around 7pm, jumped on a train to Gent and knocked on Hilde’s door. Being Sunday there where no trains to Eeklo anymore at that time, but I’d pre-arranged to stay…
Most of you know I love walking and hiking. Weather permitting (yes, fair weather hiker) I love to go for long walks to explore new places. So, why have I not been on any serious walk since Hamburg? As it…
I disembarked from M/V The World in Oslo on May 16 to fly to Stockholm and then bus to Uppsala, to spend a few days with my friend Kristin and her family. It’s been lovely catching up and chatting. We…
Monday and Tuesday, May 13-14, 2013 Although Aalborg looked quite nice, I only ventured out for about an hour’s walk – in the rain. It just about drizzled the whole day. You have to give the people points for optimism though: despite…
