Early morning arrival at the port in Reykjavik. Le Boreal’s new sister ship Le Soleal (triplets along with L’Astral) is also in port. I’m in the last group off the ship for the hotel transfers, […]
We arrive at the Icelandic fishing port of Grundarfjordur (Grundarfjörður) on Le Boreal around midday, with the prospect of a 4.5 hour tour by bus around the local ‘sights’. I can’t face another bus journey […]
Today is a full day excursion from Husavik to Lake Myvatn. Sadly it’s by bus. It’s basically a whistle-stop tour of the ‘Jewels of the North’ of Iceland, and precisely the kind of trip I hate – […]
The weather forecast is for 3-4 metre waves and strong winds during our crossing of the Denmark Strait to Iceland on Le Boreal this evening. The crew spend a lot of time battening down potentially […]
Today’s itinerary is Danmark Island & Fohnfjord. We are landing this morning at Danmark Island in Scoresby Sound. Some interesting wildflowers, a pair of snow buntings that I couldn’t get close enough too and squadrons […]
It seems to be either famine or feast in the Arctic in terms of wildlife. We haven’t seen much at all, but this morning during breakfast there is an announcement from the bridge that they […]
