Sticks and Stones
We came ashore this morning in Trughamna Bay, at the mouth of Isfjorden, on a stony beach exposed by a rapidly retreating glacier. When Cape Farewell sailed here in 2007 the ice stretched right down to the water and along[…..]
First night and second day
Comfortably cruising aboard the Noorderlicht through the blue of an Arctic high pressure system. Cold and clear we go between Western Spitsbergen Island and Prins Karls Forland Island due north through the Forland Sundet. We have had our early day[…..]
Expectation and Reality
Left Canada a few days ago to come to this remarkably remote place at 78 degrees north to join Cape Farewell’s global Climate/Culture Expedition. A group of 20 scientists, writers, visual artists and musicians; a delightfully odd collection of souls[…..]
Hey – Hey from Paul – From Norway, then the North Pole
Hey people – the explorer Roald Amundsen once said “adventure is just bad planning” – I’m trying to figure out the reverse. Good planning leads to a lot of information, but perhaps not much adventure. I’m with a group of[…..]
The moon odyssey continues…
Don’t forget your toothbrush
You don’t want to be forgetting anything on a trip like this, there’s no popping down the road to get extra supplies once the expedition has started… now where did I put that toothbrush?
The crew is on their way…
All 20 voyagers made it so far to Oslo. Excess luggage is over 150kg and the need for several empty water containers is still oblivious to some. And on we go. The next leg of the journey is Tromso and[…..]
Finishing the Excavation
Getting ready for the expedition, I am just finishing the excavation of a number of artefacts from a site North-East of Lake Ontario. I have been taking detailed photographs in my studio. These artefacts were apparently cast of pure beeswax[…..]
Getting the gear together
Thanks for the short-term-donations of helpful ex-voyagers and others!
