Scurvy Grass
There are no trees this far north. The long winters erase all things that bold. The birds flee with the sun, the bears burrow and the reindeer wander white through the wide darkness. Then summer rises again and refuses to[…..]
Arctic Notes: 09/14/10
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. John Maynard Keynes Yesterday we visited Magdelene Fjord and checked out Gullybryn Glacier. It was a[…..]
Monochromatic rainbow
I have been on the look out for unique atmospheric conditions as a part of my research for the National Maritime Museum project and it didn’t take long to find them. On a visit to Trygghamna Bay I witnessed a[…..]
Arctic Notes 09/13/10
“how can I know what I think till I see what I say” E.M. Forster Here in the far North, weather conditions can change rapidly. A crystal clear day can be erased by cumulus, grey fogs drift into bays and[…..]
Current Affairs
We anchored on Sunday morning in King’s Bay, on Spitsbergen’s northwest coast, around 600 miles from the North Pole. Across the bay lies the small scientific research station of Ny Ǻlesund – the most northerly permanent settlement in the world.[…..]
The moons journey continues…
Arctic Notes 09/12/10
“I had started on a voyage of discovery, only to find that it was I who was being discovered.” – Tété-Michel Kpomassie in An African In Greenland The Arctic Circle begins at roughly 66° 33’ N but due to a[…..]
Crew briefing and dinghy trip
Images by Nina Horstmann
…somewhere just south of the 79th parallel
We are marking the anniversary of September 11 with our first trek to shore by Zodiac, somewhere just south of the 79th parallel at Alkhornet on the west coast of Spitsbergen Island. According to fellow Farewellian Paul Miller (aka DJ[…..]
