Category: Day 10

day 10: Wednesday June 24 afternoon—Snowflake

Wasn't anyone wondering what I was doing not on any of the hikes or being invited to write a play?
Well lucky me, I got to visit the engine room!

Afterwards, we stopped in the kitchen to see what Sascha was up to. We found Jim in there as well making a snack. Can I have some?

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day 10: Wednesday June 24 morning—Cayber

This morning we all made the landing at Gravneset, a whaling station used by Dutch, English and Basque expeditions between 1612-1650. We saw what remained of the blubber cookeries and also a burial ground. The graves were marked on a map near the shore.

The burial ground in a blocked off area.

Where blubber used to boil.

We found a variety of objects as we explored the area. We had to watch where we were stepping as there were areas of moss and other magnificent things growing that we didn't want to injure.

Tiny rocks in front of a medium rock in front of a giant rock. This was a good location for our morning meeting...

because we had this view!

We navigated across some interesting terrain and the other side of the bay was much calmer.

I stayed behind to guard with Theres whilst the rest of the gang headed back on an early Zodiac. They were freezing they said.

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gravneset x gullybreen

3/9/2015

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Gullybreen

day 10: Wednesday June 24 afternoon

After lunch, Theres (and Cayber) briefed us on the options for the afternoon. There would be a long and short hike to Gullybreen, a stationary hike at Gravneset near the rock where we had our morning meeting, or staying aboard the Antigua to work.

Our departure was slightly delayed by this stunner floating by.

Stationary hike–Costa

Over lunch, Eric and I talked about doing a project together in the afternoon so we opted for the stationary hike. Don't let the name fool you, we were off to look for PBs!

Waiting for Eric at his cabin door, #4 Martinique. My cabin was across the hallway in #5 St Lucia.

My doppelgänger.

Our afternoon was full of excitement stalking the PBs and we got some great footage! We also got to chatting about his life in NY as an artist. Eric told me about his work as an educator and about some of his projects. He uses his creative skills in all sorts of ways. I think he should make a pool portal for me and the other explorers to play in!

Thanks for spending the afternoon with me Eric.

Short hike to Gullybreen–Max

Sally led the short hike towards Gullybreen. The trek there was over lots of different shaped and sized rocks. It was no easy hike as lots of the stones were wobbly! That balancing lesson from Megan sure came in handy.

Shortly after beginning our hike, we had a visit from an Arctic tern. You should do what Sally is doing if you are ever in this situation.

Good thing I had stopped to read this in Longyearbyen the day we walked out to see the eiders.

My heart for you! Resa found this and was kind to let me get a photo with it.

We arrived back on board for cake time (pre-dinner dessert is what it is) and learned that Snowball had spent all afternoon writing a play about climate change with Reneltta. The two of them and Ashley performed it for us. It was a hit!

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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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day 10: Wednesday June 24 afternoon—Snowflake

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day 10: Wednesday June 24 morning—Cayber

gravneset x gullybreen

day 10: Wednesday June 24 afternoon

Stationary hike–Costa

Short hike to Gullybreen–Max

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