Category: Esmarkbreen

name that glacier

15/9/2015

day 12: Friday June 26—Emmerson

This is Esmarkbreen! We are back at Ymerbukta...with a lot less snow and ice on the ground.

I was designated photographer today. This morning as I was enjoying the view on deck, I saw this glacier. Does it look familiar to you? I also came across Carina's melting iceberg project. Reminds me of a map. We made a morning landing and then had varying afternoon options.

Sally and Nemo keeping us safe.

Just ten days later back at Ymerbukta, I was able to find a lot more plant life.

What new projects are there?

We found interesting and colourful rocks as well so we made some sculptures together.

There is much colour in the Arctic.

In the afternoon, there were three options: short hike with time at Esmarkbreen, a long hike, and a silent zodiac trip. We opted for the last one. I really enjoyed the quiet time.

In the late afternoon, the winds were prime for sailing.

That evening, we began our journey towards Pyramiden, an abandoned Russian mining town. Snowball of course was rather excited to be seeing something from her birthplace.

Until tomorrow's adventures!
xx Emmerson

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afternoon adventures

19/7/2015

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The sun shines bright as we prepare for our afternoon landing.

day 2: Tuesday June 16 afternoon—Max and Costa

The group was headed back to the same landing site that Electric QT and Cayber explored but we got to go with a small group for a detour to the abandoned huts spotted yesterday as we sailed into the bay. We had to wait for the last zodiac so hung out in the deck area.

Here's the first zodiac getting ready. That's second mate Jim and expedition leader Theres standing in front of the step hanging from the side of the tall ship. Do you spot something familiar behind Jim?

The two huts were half in the water and not much else was inside apart from ice and the beds so we took a quick look around outside and came upon this!

–What is that Costa?
–Svalbard reindeer. Let me snap a picture with my hat cam.

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Esmarkbreen

17/7/2015

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day 2: Tuesday June 16 morning—Cayber and Electric QT

Our landing this morning was on the north side of Ymerbukta next to Esmarkbreen. It was overcast as we stepped onto the deck to get ready to be taken to shore. Everyone had to make sure they had their life vests on, tall boots on, and signed out with a / next to their name so Captain Jo would know who was on land and who was onboard.

Cayber is around somewhere. I think he's hiding at the bottom of the drybag.

We watched the first zodiac leave Antigua.

We got on the next one and was able to watch the two zodiacs speeding back and forth with the rest of our new friends aboard.

First things first, get a photo with Esmarkbreen!

We waited until everyone was on land for Sarah to tell us where the safe zone to work was. If you've forgotten what that is, look back at our Greetings from Longyearbyen post and there is a picture of Theres showing us one possible safe zone configuration. We then went off to explore the landing area.

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Hello!

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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name that glacier

day 12: Friday June 26—Emmerson

afternoon adventures

day 2: Tuesday June 16 afternoon—Max and Costa

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day 2: Tuesday June 16 morning—Cayber and Electric QT

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