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ONE LAST GLIMPSE

Just a few more photos before reluctantly departing Svalbard…with thoughts of a December/January return, an overnight dog sled trip, a visit to the Russian town for borscht, and northern lights. Dreaming… We took a jaunt out to Basecamp’s cabin, climbed a little mountain…and Mette said I was very agile…(see Scott, I’m just like an ageing mountain goat) The two humans and three dogs that stay at the cabin came back to the… Read More

Category: THIS WORLD Tags: Arctic Char, Arctic Skate, Basecamp Explorer, Longyearbyen, Norway, PHOTOGRAPHY, Svalbard, Travel

DIDO, DOG OF THE NORTH

Chapter One of Marjorie’s Marvelous Meanderings is drawing to a close. It’s a rainy morning in Longyearbyen, 7am, and I’ve been sleeping soundly with heavy curtains drawn. I don’t like to do that (FOMO…right Lace?), but sometimes you just have to miss a ray or two of that midnight light…and get some sleep. I have loved every minute of this Arctic time. There’s still a photo album or two to go of… Read More

Category: THIS WORLD Tags: Basecamp Explorer, DOGS, Huskies, Longyearbyen, Norway, PHOTOGRAPHY, sled dogs, Svalbard, the Arctic, Travel, working dogs

ME AND THE POLAR BEARS

To see polar bears in the wild…that is a worthy goal. We were out in the zodiac, nosing along the shore, squinting and gazing and scanning and hoping. I told Mette it was perfectly fine if I did not see a bear…it’s difficult for me to focus binoculars so I maintained my state of denial just in case. Then. There. They. Were. Right there in good solid eyesight range, no need for… Read More

Category: THIS WORLD Tags: Basecamp Explorer, Norway, PHOTOGRAPHY, polar bears, Svalbard, Travel

A LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO … DAY

Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. Here’s a first look at that midnight sun phenomena. From my camera/phone to your eye. SAS to Tromso, then Longyearbyen, Svalbard. I am excited…back to the Arctic. We land in the chilly overcast afternoon and head through town to Basecamp, my hosts for the next week, in a cabin and on a ship. An exceptionally nice meal and the first of all the gorgeous sled dog photos to come…. Read More

Category: THIS WORLD Tags: Basecamp Explorer, Land of the Midnight Sun, Longyearbyen, Norway, PHOTOGRAPHY, real food, Svalbard, Travel, wooden schooner

Happy New Year …

On MY summer vacation I will be… sailing through the Arctic Ocean, immersed in the majestic polar landscape with wind in the sails and the sleepy sounds of a creaking wooden ship? Just around the corner from the North Pole lies the special gathering of Arctic islands – the Svalbard Archipelago. The only way to move around these icy islands in summer is by sea – just like the ancient explorers did…. Read More

Category: THIS WORLD Tags: Albuquerque, Basecamp Explorer, DOGS, Family, March for Our Lives, New Mexico, Norway, political depression, Travel, writer's block

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