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Category Archives: Chapter 3: Arctic Explorer

Arctic Holiday June 2011

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14: 40 knot winds

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Posted on June 28, 2011 by weary_feet

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28.06.2011 – 28.06.2011  -2 °C A very slow start for weary as I was still suffering with a migraine headache. Spent the entire morning in bed asleep. The rest of the team were supposed to go out in the zodiacs to … Continue reading →

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13: Polar Bears

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Posted on June 27, 2011 by weary_feet

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27.06.2011 – 27.06.2011  1 °C Awesome start to the morning with us getting a wakeup call to go see Polar Bears!! By this time I’ve worked out that when you get your first signal from the bridge you’ve got a good … Continue reading →

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12: Saxifrage

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Posted on June 26, 2011 by weary_feet

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26.06.2011 – 26.06.2011  5 °C Had to get going early this morning as we were in our zodiacs at 8.30am for a long walk along a beach to see plenty of tundra plants and incredible scenery. The weather today is just … Continue reading →

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11: Ice Bound

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Posted on June 25, 2011 by weary_feet

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25.06.2011 – 25.06.2011  1 °C We received our early morning wake up call to find ourselves moving slowly towards a very large amount of pack ice. During the previous evening we had rounded the southern tip of Spitsbergen and made our … Continue reading →

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10: Dressed for the arctic

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Posted on June 24, 2011 by weary_feet

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24.06.2011 – 24.06.2011  3 °C Received our first wakeup call this morning! It’s funny, the expedition leader gives us a wakeup call every morning and tells us what we the weather is, what we are going to do for the day … Continue reading →

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9: 80th Parallel

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Posted on June 23, 2011 by weary_feet

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23.06.2011 – 23.06.2011  5 °C V early start this morning as we needed to catch a 9am flight to Longyearbyen. V unexciting flight (which is always a good thing!) and touched down in Tromso at 11am.. An unusual thing then happened … Continue reading →

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8: X-Country Roller Blading

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Posted on June 22, 2011 by weary_feet

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22.06.2011 – 22.07.2011  24 °C Later start today with both Bookie and Conductor, We spent the day wandering the streets of Oslo just checking out the town. Started by wandering up towards the palace (yes Norway also has some sort of … Continue reading →

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7: Sheep Herding

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Posted on June 21, 2011 by weary_feet

21.06.2011 – 21.06.2011  17 °C Early start as I needed to get on the 8.30 train from Stockholm to Oslo. I had thought I would have plenty of time to get to the train station and I was lucky that I … Continue reading →

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6: Three Crowns

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Posted on June 20, 2011 by weary_feet

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20.06.2011 – 20.06.2011  12 °C I spent my final day in Stockholm visiting the House of Nobility and the Stockholm Palace. The House of Nobility was only open for a very short window today so had to make that my first … Continue reading →

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5: Propoganda

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Posted on June 19, 2011 by weary_feet

19.06.2011 – 19.06.2011  15 °C Had a very poor sleep last night.. the rest of the dorm was filled up with about 7 American students who had been out all night and decided to come in around 2am! Anyway by 7am … Continue reading →

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