Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Svalbard – 20160616 – Hamburgbukta

The wind is too strong for us to do zodiac cruises at Hamburgbuktal so we go up the coast to another sheltered bay where we explore some glaciers.  

Again, each zodiac carries a rifle.We board the zodiacs to explore a glacier up close.
Doug-naturalist


approaching

Bird! 
 I get lectured by Doug when I try to "call" this bird...Arctic manners.



In the afternoon we go ashore for a hike. There are some abandoned buildings and many logs that have floated here from Russia. There is also a surprising amount of plastic trash on the beaches. The Lindblad folks bring along special trash bags to collect as much as possible.

Old Russian building

logs from Siberia


waiting too head back

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