Arctic - Spitsbergen and Cruise with Polar Bears, Northern Lights and Blue and Humpback whales September 6th 2010 Sorry about so many photos, but hey, they are probably much better than my ramblings anyway......
Monday, 23 August 2010 Spitsbergen Guesthouse, Svalbard
Woke ok at 4.30am and even got a bit of leftover bread brekky and was about to have cereal but taxi was early. Got to lift before I realized my wallet and money belt was still under the pillow! Lucky. Was bit over ½ hour to the airport an ... read more
North America » Greenland » East Greenland The world's largest island, Greenland is about 81% ice-capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the Europe... ... read more
Got the travel bug in 2002 and have had to take 12 months off work to try and get my ever increasing list of places to visit down.
Well that obviously didn't work - you just see more places and the list grows rather than shrinks!... full info