Blogs

A Teenage Perspective on Arctic Cruising

By Blog.Admin

29 Jul 2010
Our guest blogger aboard the Tanquary Fjord expedition cruise is Hamish Fothergill. Hamish is 15 years old and lives in Bristol, UK.

Found: Ship Lost Searching for Franklin's Expedition

By prisca.campbell

28 Jul 2010
Parks Canada has a team of archaeologists in the Arctic searching for Erebus and Terror, Franklin's lost ships. Because of that search, the remains of HMS Investigator have been found, in Mercy Bay, off Banks Island in the Northwest Territories.

Scoresbysund - Icebergs and Awe

By Blog.Admin

27 Jul 2010
Day 6 (July 22, 2010) - Third day at sea, and the winds and seas have calmed a little. This morning’s presentation by Theresa is on Arctic Plants followed by a documentary called “Vision Man” which I really enjoyed.

I'm Getting Used to the Motion

By Blog.Admin

27 Jul 2010
Day 5 (July 21, 2010) - The second day at sea. Ice ahead. We came upon a large ice field overnight and the views are stunning.

My First Time Ever at Sea

By Blog.Admin

27 Jul 2010
 Day 4 (July 20, 2010) - Yes! No Wake Up Call Today. We set sail last night for Greenland and today was the first of 2-3 day crossing of the Greenland Sea.

The 14th of July on the 19th plus Polar Bears.

By Blog.Admin

27 Jul 2010
Day 3 (July 19, 2010) - Today we are in Krossfjorden. We are going to cruise by and land at the 14th of July Glacier.

Our First Landing on Spitsbergen

By Blog.Admin

27 Jul 2010
Day 2 (July 18, 2010)  – Today’s morning inspiration – “Beautiful indeed, and highly characteristic, is the scene of entering Isfjord, with the fine mountains on either hand, the great glacier coming down from the north, and the strange table-hills stretching away to the south” – Martin Conway.

Spitsbergen, Greenland, Iceland - Scott Waldron Reports

By Blog.Admin

27 Jul 2010
Scott Waldron is onboard Akademik Shokalskiy, sailing from Spitsbergen via Eastern Greenland to Iceland. When he isn't on a ship he assists our guests who dream of adding to their adventure.

Tom Crean - Remarkable but Almost Unknown

By prisca.campbell

27 Jul 2010
Tom Crean died 72 years ago, today. It is very likely you have no idea who he is. And that is a situation that Ireland's Crossing the Line Films is trying to change.

The Longest Winter - New Antarctic Book

By prisca.campbell

26 Jul 2010
Meredith Hooper wrote the Longest Winter, a book based on the journals of members of Robert Falcon Scott's Eastern Party - Lt. Victor Campbell, Dr. Murray Levick, Raymond Priestley, Petty Officer George Abbott, Petty Officer Frank Browning and Seaman Harry Dickason.

Back to Top