Kalimantan Indonesia
There was one very off-the-main-track travel destination I wanted to visit and given that my age only increases, it seemed like this was the time to do it. So… Read more »
Inside Iceland
Reykjavik As you have read in the news, the tremors are numerous now in Iceland although we only felt a few of them as most are undetectable but the excitement… Read more »
West Iceland
Earth and Horses: Day 6 After a very extensive buffet breakfast, Pavel and the 5 of us head out on our last day together to the nearby Grabrok volcano crater…. Read more »
North Iceland
Water and Fire in the North: Day 4 Northern Sights: Day 4 It is early in the morning when I awake and decide to go out for a walk in… Read more »
South and East Iceland
Glaciers and Beaches: Day 2 The wonders of today’s drive include the great Mýrdalsjökull ice cap which we are told covers the most feared Katla volcano which violently erupts every… Read more »
Iceland Viewpoints
Reykjavik Reykjavik is a big city by Icelandic standards — as there are only 375,00 in the whole country and 140,000 people in Reykjavik. And then consider a tourist… Read more »
Ny-Alesund & Out
Old Town Ny-Alesund & Puffins: Day 8 Our last two expedition outings: the first to the research town of Ny-Alesund, once a mining town and more recently since the second… Read more »
North Pole Ice Floes
Ice Floes: Day 6 We woke up this morning in the far north and are spending the day moving through the sea ice that exists near the North Pole. … Read more »
Glaciers and Wildlife
Glaciers: Day 4 I was concerned about my flexibility getting into and out of the rubber zodiac boats but it has not been a problem, even clothed with many layers… Read more »
Arctic Norway
I have arrived into Oslo to begin my arctic exploration. Oslo is a beautiful city by any standards. Not destroyed by the European conflagration of WWII, it proudly displays… Read more »