03.07.2011 – 03.07.2011 5 °C V Early start this morning as we had to have our bags packed and waiting outside of the door by 7am. Considering I didn’t make it to bed til after 2pm I was feeling pretty tired … Continue reading
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18: Walruses and Reindeer
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02.07.2011 – 02.07.2011 6 °C Our final day on board the MS Expedition started off gloriously, almost no wind and a temp of 7 deg!! Hopped into the zodiacs and zoomed on to shore to see a pack of walruses! About … Continue reading
17: Puffins!
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01.07.2011 – 01.07.2011 1 °C Weather was still fairly ordinary when we woke up this morning. Windy, raining and overcast. Temp itself was quite warm though (probably about 5) so not too bad a morning to be out in zodiacs. The … Continue reading
16: Swamped
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30.06.2011 – 30.06.2011 2 °C Bit better weather today (still overcast but not too bad) so at 8.30 we had our usual announcement “deck 2 to the mud room” (although mud room is pronounced mar-room) and we then zoomed off in … Continue reading
15: 80’26”
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29.06.2011 – 29.06.2011 -2 °C Early morning again as we needed to get up and go out via zodiac to a peninsular to see an old research station that was used back in the early 30s. The research station was used … Continue reading
14: 40 knot winds
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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
13: Polar Bears
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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
12: Saxifrage
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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
11: Ice Bound
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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
10: Dressed for the arctic
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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