In the early morning
hours we reached Isfjorden again. One week ago we started here our
circumnavigation around Spitsbergen in Longyearbyen and today we reached the
fjord again. But we had still a whole day in this spectacular fjord system
before we went back to Longyearbyen to fly home again.
We started the day
with an early landing in Ymerbugter in front of the scenic Esmark glacier.
There was no rain and no wind to disturb our landing. The light was perfect
for good ice pictures. And the glacier was more than active. One calving after
the other we could see. On little ice flows we could watch different seals and
there were lot of birds to be seen too.
Just back on board we
could listen to different lectures given by our experienced and amazing lecture team!
After lunch our
Captain Rune Andreassen invited us to a farewell cocktail in the lounge on deck
7. It was already quiet clear that there would not be time for a farewell
cocktail in the evening as we had planned a last long at late landing in
Brucebyen in front of the huge and amazing Nordenskjold glacier.
And then our
expedition leader Karin had a last surprise for us. Instead of going back
directly to the ship after the landing we had the possibility for a last cruise
along the calving front of the Nordenskjold glacier. What a wonderful goodbye.
Coming back to the
vessel we could smell already our BBQ. Hungry we went directly to the dining
room where the crew offered all the grilled specialties to us. It was nice to
sit inside with a last view over the glacier, a glass of wine or beer in the
hand and dreaming.
Most passengers have
to leave the vessel during the night as they have booked night flights on their
way home. Last guests will leave the vessel at 8:00 tomorrow morning in
Longyearbyen. In the afternoon new guests will arrive and another circle will
be opened. Our circle will be closed than.
