We prepared to leave the boat at 9.30 but due to changes to the flight - which we now know were weather induced - we left nearer 11am and were taken to the local hotel. Our luggage left us at 11pm last night as it was to be flown to Iqaluit on the early flight and would be put on our flight when we stopped for refueling. Again this was due to the weather as the flight couldn't carry people and luggage as it was weight restricted. Here the saga began - after goin...

Bright sunshine greeted us when we awoke. Today was our last full day aboard, we had breakfast on deck 5, in the clear fresh air of Radstock Bay as the Captain anchored and the staff prepared for our expedition ashore. Radstock Bay is an old eskimo (Thule) historic sight with the ruins of an old settlement built in the arctic tundra and desert ( today's photo) - we saw the ruins of old eskimo semi - subterranean houses - part underground part above to protect the...

We had a continental breakfast on the aft of deck five before heading out for an early (7am) zodiac cruise along the base of the enormous cliffs of Prince Leopold. These cliffs are the breeding sites of thousands of pairs of kittiwakes ( today's photo) Brunnichs guillemots, northern fulmars, some black guillemots and glaucous gulls. The cliffs are relatively safe from predators because of their tall sedimentary faces with ledges for birds but too small for maraud...

We awoke to a slow moving ship and more fog. The fog persisted and thwarted any ideas of a landing and walk as polar bears could be behind any ridge. So instead we zodiac cruised and found really interesting copepods (krill) - little butterfly molluscs and their slightly bigger predator, watched seabirds feeding and saw a gyr falcon and snow geese through the mist. Acacia found the way back to ship perfectly using her garmin gps! Back on board we headed to Crok...

We awoke in fog and slowly made our way into Grise Fjord; the immigration officials were collected - they were two young Canadians from Ottawa pleased to have a different assignment. They would be a Grise Fjord for another week awaiting another ship so would have time to explore the hinterland. Free to go ashore we had tricky surf landings onto a slippery rocky shore which meant the guides got quite wet receiving the boats and helping people off them. We were met...