Thu
23 Sep
2021
Luckily, we had the heavy seas and swell of the open west coast now behind us, but wind and rain followed us into Isfjord. After a good look at Barentsburg in daylight, we had a very grey and wet afternoon in Borebukta.
The next day was much better, and the clouds around Gipshuksletta added some lovely effects to the mountains.
Billefjord looked pretty foggy, so we opted for Tempelfjord instead where we had clear visibility and fine views of the stunning scenery to round the day and hence the trip off.
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So now this year’s season “Spitsbergen under sail” of our little company Geographischen Reisegesellschaft is now history. The summer was shorter than we had originally been hoping for, but we were amongst the few happy people who got to sail up here this year at all!
A big thanks to everybody who contributed to a great third and final sailing voyage for us this arctic summer: Captain Mario and his crew, Franka and Irene and all of you on board who made this voyage and the whole summer so enjoyable!
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!