Mon
30 Aug
2021
After a couple of days in Longyearbyen – too short, as always – we are now on the move again. This time, we have set sail on SV Antigua. Finally! It has been far too long since the last time. We are out now for 11 days with an international group.
Actually, I thought to slow down a bit with the blog but I can’t help but send a small handfull of pictures after a day as beautiful as this first full one out here! From the first steps ashore in Signehamna it was not far to our first polar bear, something we didn’t really expect in Krossfjord, but well, you can meet them anywhere and at any time, as simple as that.
Lilliehöökbreen is a dramatically sad view now in 2021. Since 1906, it has lost something near 50 % of its ice volume! A drastic example of the changes that are now happening in the Arctic. Nevertheless, still a stunningly beautiful place. We have to acknowledge one aspect while we may still enjoy the other.
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By the way, my new book is in print and it can now be ordered 🙂 it is a photo book with the title “Norwegens arktischer Norden (3): Die Bäreninsel und Jan Mayen”, with German text Click here for further details!