Category: Day 06

to Erikbreen we go!

20/8/2015

day 6: Saturday June 20 afternoon—Snowflake

I walked off lunch by joining the hike to Erikbreen. There was LOTS of snow and water hiding underneath it! Sarah and Nemo led the way. When we got up to the vantage point, we spent some quiet time taking it all in. It was meditative and magnificent.

I'll leave you with the beauty of the midnight sun. One of these was taken by Snowball at 7:54 and the other by me at 23:37. Can you tell which is which?

Goodnight my friends,
Snowflake

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fjord of love

16/8/2015

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day 6: Saturday June 20 morning—Snowball

This morning we went on deck early to watch as Antigua sailed into Liefdefjorden, the Love Fjord. I felt right at home with my ♥♥ shades.

Emmerson and I had some time before breakfast so we had a little fun climbing up high.

Cayber joined us after breakfast whilst we waited to board the zodiac to land at Hornbækpollen.

We made our way around and up through some deep snow to get to Sally sitting on the adjacent hilltop. We spotted her easily with her fluorescent vest. We came across interesting shaped rocks, flowers and bones on the way up.

Before heading off to explore, we waited for everyone to arrive on land and Aurora to tell us where the safe zone at this site was. It was quite a large area with many vantage points on hilltops.

Walking back towards the shore, we found Ashley drying her polaroid prints. I think she said the back part can be used to make other images from. I'll have to do more investigating. We really like her polaroid camera with its contraptions and moving parts! As you can probably tell with all her gear and full pockets, Ashley is a photographer. Her art captures beautiful colours and stories. We can't wait to see her work from the Arctic!

Siobhan was nearby holding this.

Snowglobe? Crystal ball?

Cayber had a closer look and turns out she's experimenting with a heliograph. This one is similar to a sunshine recorder. She's trying to focus the sunlight to burn marks onto paper she puts around the glass orb. Too many clouds today though.

I had a look at some of her previous art and particularly liked her short film Elemental.

Cayber seemed to be getting stuck a lot between the rocks and thankfully it was nearing the time to head back onto Antigua for lunch.

When we got onboard, we found Snowflake and Max eating already. They didn't wait for us!

The afternoon plan is a hike to see Erikbreen. Time for me to get some food.

Bye now,
Snowball

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Glad you're joining us here. I'm an artist + educator learning and creating from the amazing things encountered adventuring in Svalbard in the high Arctic and around the world.

The classroom explorers and I returned in July 2015 and they have now all headed back to their classrooms to share what they saw, discovered and learned.

Have a look around to find out more about the adventurers and how we prepared for the expedition. You can read our Arctic trip log in order by starting with Day 0 in the categories section below. For pre-trip posts, use the Archives section and start with April 2015 : ).

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to Erikbreen we go!

day 6: Saturday June 20 afternoon—Snowflake

fjord of love

day 6: Saturday June 20 morning—Snowball

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