Well, my seasickness has subsided and our ship landed in the am at a vast barren spot called BEECHEY ISLAND. We suited up after breakfast and took the zodiacs onto shore. This remote and desolate area was where men from the NW Passage expeditions left there dead. There are eerie graves there of crew members and no one really knows how they died. Most were 20,or early 20s. Such a hard life of early explorers. The guides landed early and looked for bears and while we were hiking and exploring, the guides were stationed in areas where polar bears could approach. We didn’t see any…but it’s a safety thing.
After we explored, the crew asked if anyone wanted to go for. Swim. Steve and a few others did it. They swam in the ICEY waters of the Arctic! It was more like a dip as they could not stay in very long. Steve was cold! Finally we made it back to the ship and it continued on a scenic sail along the RADSTOCK coast. We saw 2 different polars bears, each with cubs! Then to add frosting to the cake we watched a pod of beluga whales swim next to the shore. It was a calm afternoon to observe wildlife from our ships deck.
Another weird thing is we have to change our clock time everyday forward one hour! It’s not fun. We think we just had lunch and bam! Dinner is served. It’s raising havoc with everyone meal plans and sleeping, but it’s what one does at this end of the world.
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