A photographic record of our 9 day adventure to the High Arctic based on the M/V Ortelius. Our journey was essentially a circumnavigation of the island of Spitsbergen the largest island in the Archipelago of Svalbard. Our most Northerly position being 82 degrees 28 minutes North in order to reach the receding pack ice. Most days involved Zodiac trips to land based locations in the search of Wildlife.
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Sunday 26 August 2018
Glacial Mud
The Ship's Doctor trapped in the boot-sucking mire of glacial mud and soft tundra
It took about 35 minutes to extract her. Then she had to hobble back to the Zodiac minus one Wellington!
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