Another peaceful morning as we enter Kongsfjorden. However the weather is forecast to change so the ship can’t risk getting us all back safely from a shore excursion.So we get to spend our morning cruising Kongsfjorden looking for Icebergs!The fins and striations are really magnificent.as is the fun shape.and the intensity of the color.You could tell when we were getting near an active glacier calving with all the floating ice. KongsfjordenThis is a hillside which many birds nest. The other ship gives it some scale — and also kept us from getting closer. KongsfjordenA very rainy shore excursion to visit Ny-Alesund, but we still got to see the museum and monuments. This is the Worlds Most Northern Post Office.A memorial plaque in Ny-Alesund-for Amundsen-Ellsworh-Nobile Start of Transpolar Flight 1926. We had learned a lot about the details of this airship flight on our visit to the North Pole Expedition Museum in Longyearbyen.This is the mast that supported the airship Norge before it took off for its Transpolar Flight in 1926, landing in Alaska.The Kings glacier on Kings Fjord as the clouds close down on us, we are happy for some visibility!It has been a few days packed full of glaciers, smooth sailing, meeting new people over our meals while enjoying the views. Thank you to the guides for their enthusiasm and sharing the special places in Svalbard with us.
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We would never have learned so much if it weren’t for your diligence and patient wording of all there is in that secluded part of the world! Way more than we would have ever thought! So thank you for keeping us in the loop!!
We would never have learned so much if it weren’t for your diligence and patient wording of all there is in that secluded part of the world! Way more than we would have ever thought! So thank you for keeping us in the loop!!