An Arctic Odyssey |
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The Akademik Ioffe, a Russion registered, polar cruise/research ship, in Ilulissat harbour, Greenland. Pic taken from an S-61 helicopter. About 70 degrees North lat.
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Near Ilulissat.
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Near Ilulissat.
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Note large, DIRTY berg in background. This is from it scraping on the sea bottom before it turned over as it is now.
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Boarding an inflateable rubber boat for a little side trip. We did this almost every day
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Having fun at Prince Leopold Is. bird sanctuary
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Mulled wine on the afterdeck during an Arctic BBQ. Maxwell Bay, Devon Is., about 74N, temperature +5C.
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From the bridge of the Akademik Ioffe, with the Russian captain in the foreground, being escorted by the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Terry Fox, through light ice.
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CCGS Terry Fox breaking trail through light ice on the way to Resolute.