Spitsbergen expedition cruise Summer 2025
Nine night cruise with Oceanwide in the summer of 2025 produced 11 mammal species including Polar Bear, Walrus, and Hooded Seal.
Polar bear sightings Svalbard-is it worth it?
Hi I’m thinking of making a trip to Svalbard to try and see some polar bears. I was wondering whether it is worth it with the new distances visitors now have to keep (500m).
svalbard and northern norway, 2025:
Klil zaitlin, mammals and birds. 6 days in svalbards and 3 days in tromso and andenes with a few nice mammals.
Arctic and Antartic deals
I just discovered that Albatros Expeditions has som great deals on trips to the Arctic and Antarctic. It might be of interes to mammalwatchers. And no I’m not working for Alb
Svalbard, Northern Norway and Finland
End of May to mid-June 2024, we spend three weeks exploring the North of Europe. For the first part of the trip, we did a cruise with Oceanwide Expeditions starting from Vlissingen
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
Oceanwide Expeditions Svalbard Pre-tour Manual 2024
Ruta and me joined Oceanwide Expeditions in June 2024 onboard the Hondius for their “North Spitsbergen Explorer – Polar Bears , Bowhead Whales & more” (6 days / 7 nights)
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: Western Spitsbergen, 2019
Here’s a report from Jon Swenson. Western Spitsbergen, 2019: Jon Swenson, 4 days & 13 species including Blue, Beluga and Bowhead Whales. Jon