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Sea Days: August 10 - 12, 2025
The next morning, August 10, the plan for the day had changed. A passenger was having a medical emergency and needed to get back to a...

Cecilia Clark
Sep 20, 20254 min read


Kane Basin and Nares Strait: August 9, 2025
Sea Ice looking east to Greenland We're deep into the sea ice. Last night it sounded like the ship was having quite a fight plowing,...

Cecilia Clark
Sep 19, 20252 min read


Etah, Greenland: August 8, 2025
Brother John's Glacier at the head of Foulke Fjord Still heading north, the ship stopped in Foulke Fjord. When we arrived it was very...

Cecilia Clark
Sep 19, 20252 min read


Qaanaaq, Greenland: August 7, 2025
Qaanaaq, Greenland Continuing north along Greenland's west coast, we stopped for several hours at Qaanaaq. We were looking forward to...

Cecilia Clark
Sep 18, 20254 min read


Savissivik, Greenland: August 5, 2025
Savissivik About 10,000 years ago a portion of a 100 tonne (220,500 pound) iron-rich meteorite (estimated weight before it exploded)...

Cecilia Clark
Sep 18, 20253 min read


Perlerfiup Fjord & Maamorilik, Greenland: August 3, 2025
Perlerfiup Sermia (glacier) Morning brought clouds, fog, and thunder. We were in Perlerfiup Fjord near the glacier of the same name. The...

Cecilia Clark
Sep 18, 20252 min read


Uummannaq, Greenland: August 2, 2025
Uummannaq Mountain and Island Uummannaq means "heart-shaped mountain" in Greenlandic. The island was named after its split-topped...

Cecilia Clark
Sep 18, 20252 min read


Ilulissat, Greenland: August 1, 2025
View of the Icefjord from Ilulissat, Greenland We had a bit of a late start for our West Greenland cruise after fog in Nuuk prevented our...

Cecilia Clark
Sep 18, 20252 min read


The Coastal Landscape Exhibition
Clothesline with a View I am pleased to announce that one of my photographs from Newfoundland was selected for the "The Coastal...

Cecilia Clark
Aug 30, 20251 min read


A Most Persistent Guest: Summer 2025
Western Flycatcher (Female) We were faced with a dilemma. We had a tiny Western Flycatcher who insisted on building her nest on top of...

Cecilia Clark
Jul 27, 20252 min read


Helsinki, Finland: February 11 - 14, 2025
Spiral Staircase at Oodi Our two days in Helsinki were rather gray with morning snow flurries and gray skies outside. Inside Oodi , the...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 26, 20253 min read


Oslo, Norway: February 9 - 11, 2025
On February 9 we took the train back to Oslo. The train stopped at every small ski area and town to pick up and drop off passengers many...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 24, 20255 min read


Bergen, Norway: February 8, 2025
We left Hurtigruten's Trollfjord and walked less than a mile to the Clarion Hotel Admiral where we stayed for one night before catching a...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 20, 20254 min read


Molde, Norway: February 7, 2025
Molde has been a city since 1742 but because of its history of unfortunate town fires followed by German bombings in 1940, most buildings...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 19, 20251 min read


Lødingen & Rørvik, Norway: February 5 & 6, 2025
As the ship headed toward Lødingen for the noon arrival, the skies were very gray and it was soon snowing. Once docked, conveniently, the...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 17, 20253 min read


Alta, Norway: February 4, 2025
Today, we visited a beautiful hotel that I will never/would never check into. We went to the Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel. The hotel...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 15, 20253 min read


Honningsvåg, Norway: February 3, 2025
Honningsvåg is Norway's northernmost city in the county of Finnmark. Finnmark is Norway's northernmost and easternmost county bordering...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 14, 20252 min read


Tromsø, Norway: February 2, 2025
Today we are in port all day (8:00 am to 6:00 pm) which allows for longer excursions and time away from the ship. We went dogsledding in...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 13, 20253 min read


Svolvær and Stokmarknes, Norway: February 1, 2025
Svolvær Port at 9:01 am Beautiful pre-dawn light at about 8:00 am as the ship approached Svolvær. The ship eased toward port and our 9:00...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 12, 20253 min read


Brønnøysund, Norway: January 31, 2025
The ship arrived in port at 10:00 am. It is getting colder as we go north. Brønnøysund sits exactly halfway along the Norwegian coast. It...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 9, 20251 min read
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