Digital RabbitSep 18, 20191 minKangerlussuaq: The Final Stop Kangerlussuaq is located at the end of a 190 kilometer fjord, one of the longest in the world. It used to be a military →
Digital RabbitSep 17, 20192 minSisimiut: Muskox Burgers, a Polar Plunge, and the AuroraSisimiut is the second-largest city in Greenland, after Nuuk. Although it is seventy-five kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, →
Digital RabbitSep 16, 20192 minIlulissat and Ilimanaq: The Unexpected GuestsThe Greenland icecap meets the sea at the Ilulissat ice fjord via the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier. It is one of the most active and →
Digital RabbitSep 15, 20191 minA Disko DayToday we took the Zodiacs through Disko Fjord to Qeqertarsuaq, also known as Disko Island. It is largest island along Greenland’s →
Digital RabbitSep 14, 20191 minTasiusaq, Greenland: Lots of Vegetation!Greenland is quite different from the pebbled and rocky land of the Canadian Arctic. It’s thick with vegetation and very squishy →
Digital RabbitSep 13, 20191 minA Day at Sea: Heading for GreenlandToday we head for Greenland. It's a day to kick back and relax. I signed up for a beading workshop given by Susie, one of our →
Digital RabbitSep 12, 20193 minAusuittuq (Grise Fiord)—A Claim to the High Arctic A day later than planned, we made it to Grise Fiord. The funeral that was supposed to happen yesterday did did not because the plane →
Digital RabbitSep 11, 20191 min74 Degrees NorthWe were supposed to visit the hamlet of Grise Fjord today, the most northern hamlet in North America. But due to a death i
Digital RabbitSep 10, 20191 minDorest Glacier and More BearsThis morning we took a Zodiac tour of Dorset Glacier. The ice was amazing! The kayak program also started. Kayaking was →
Digital RabbitSep 9, 20192 minBeechey Island: Dying in a Desolated LandToday was another very windy day. We sailed past Prince Leopold Island, a migratory bird sanctuary whose vertical cliffs are →
Digital RabbitSep 8, 20192 minHigh Winds but High SpiritsWe deviated from the historic Northwest Passge by sailing through Bellot Strait. This helped us avoid sea ice that we would have →
Digital RabbitSep 8, 20192 minA Polar Bear and Beluga WhalesWhen I woke up today, I looked forward to taking a watercolor workshop from Canadian landscape artist Andrew Sookrah. After →
Digital RabbitSep 7, 20192 minUqshuuqtuq or Gjøa Haven?No matter which you choose, the name of this hamlet is difficult to pronounce. Uqshuuqtuq is the Inuit name and Gjøa Haven is →
Digital RabbitSep 6, 20196 minA Visit to the HMS ErebusFor centuries, men searched for a shipping route from Europe through the Arctic waters to Asia. It wasn’t until 1906 that
Digital RabbitSep 5, 20192 minJenny Lind IslandNo one knows why an Arctic island was named after the Swedish opera star Jenny Lind. She toured →
Digital RabbitSep 4, 20193 minA Sea Day: Learning Lots and Hearing RumorsToday turned out to be a sea day—steaming through Coronation Gulf. Our onboard marine biologist, Pierre Richard, said that →
Digital RabbitSep 3, 20193 minArriving Above the Arctic CircleThe cruise through the Northwest Passage started in Kugluktuk, a remote hamlet in Nunavut, Canada located above the Arctic Circle →
