Bowheads & Bears Cruise, Svalbard 2024
I’ve been a tiny bit obsessed with seeing a Bowhead Whale for as long as I can remember and I’m not sure why. Maybe it is because they are the longest-lived mammal on the plane
Want to cruise Western Svalbard with me in June 2024? Bowhead Whales and Polar Bears
I’ve wanted to see Bowhead Whales for as long as I can remember but they are a not an easy species to find, especially now that Russia it out of bounds for most of us. So I w
New Trip Report: Svalbard
Another report from John Wright. Great pictures and sad to read about the ever worsening impact of climate change in the Arctic. Svalbard, 2019: John Wright, 5 days & 10 specie
New Trip Report: Scotland -> Spitsbergen
Here’s a report of a cruise that I would love to do someday, plus a few days in Scotland beforehand. Scotland-Spitsbergen, 2018: Dominique Brugiere, 16 days and 16 species on
New Trip Report: Svalbard
Here’s a great report with excellent photos from Lennart Verheuvel, a first time contributor. Svalbard, 2017: Lennart Verheuvel, 1 week & 12 species including Blue and B
Spitzbergen, 2006
In August 2006 I spent 72 hours cruising the north westcoast of Spitsbergen, primarily to try to see Walruses, which had eluded me on Baffin Island 2 months earlier. Spitsberge