This is our last week in Svalbard! We don't know that yet at the beginning of the week when we are still in the northwest. But sailing back south, we see a weather window opening up for the crossing to Norway, which we want to take advantage of. Especially since the weather seems to be becoming quite unstable in the slightly longer term […]
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Over the past week, we have been sailing along and in the fjords of the deserted north coast of Spitsbergen. It is cold there, but a few degrees above zero (and about 5 degrees colder than in the centre and south of Spitsbergen) ❄️ ❄️. It feels like the “end of the world”, with only the North Pole […]
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Svalbard clearly has two faces, depending entirely on the weather 😃😅. It can be grey, dreary and misty with strong winds and cold. But it can also be delightfully sunny with blue skies and warm enough to be outside […]
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After a long day of sailing in fog and rain, we arrive in Longyearbyen in the evening. Tom from the Ziggy Stardust was able to keep the spot next to them free ... which is very nice 😃. We speak briefly […]
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We leave Tromsø in the early afternoon right after checking out from the police. In the harbour a little further on, we fill up the diesel tank. The first seven hours are still wonderfully quiet, on the […]
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