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Day 9
August 12th, 2026 Philpot’s Island and Devon Island Today we had our first Zodiac rides (well apart from when we embarked on the ship) and our first wet landing. As only 100 people are allowed on shore at any one time, and to prevent crowding in the mudrooms while we…
Day 8
August 11th, 2026 Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut I had looked up Pond Inlet and had failed to find much that would make it exciting for tourists, or even folks on expeditions. It had been a mystery to me as to what adventure could lay ahead for us there. All was…
Day 7
August 10th At Sea (Baffin Bay) I went up to the Constellation Lounge to do some work this morning. This is the equivalent of the Observation Bar or Commodore Club on other ships. It is where I like to hang out and work on sea days. Horrors, by 9:00 AM all of the…
Day 6
August 9th, 2026 Sisimiut, Greenland Our final port in Greenland was Sisimiut, with a population of 5,500 it is the 2nd most populated city in Greenland. The town itself is built on several rocky outcrops so getting around involved quite the work out. We decided to do…
Day 5
August 8th, 2026 Ilulissat, Greenland Last month Brian and I were watching YouTube videos about the ports we will be visiting. The first video that came up was one of a giant iceberg collapsing. We dismissed this as being AI generated, and moved on to the next video….
Day 4
August 7th At Sea (Baffin Bay) They should always give you a sea day on your first day of a cruise. It gives you time to work out where you put everything when you unpacked in haste the previous night, sort your cabin out, and get an idea of what the ship is like….
Day 3
August 6th, 2026 We had an early morning. We had to leave our suitcases outside our hotel room door by 6:00 AM. I demanded that they be left outside way before 6:00 as I didn’t want them to miss the boat. The next time we will see them is in our cabin, but by that…
Day 2
August 5th, 2026 Our missing suitcase was delivered just as we were going to bed last night, which was a good thing too as it contained our rain gear that we will need for our tour today. There are so many day trips that can be done from Reykjavik picking one was…
Day 1
August 4th, 2026 Well our concerns about hand luggage turned out to be accurate. When we checked in for our Icelandair flight we were asked to place our hand luggage in the luggage sizer – phew, my red bag was an exact fit. Even half an inch bigger would not have…
Getting Ready
Packing for this cruise turned out to be easier than expected. I mean you want to make sure you are dressed appropriately enough for zooming around in Zodiacs. This involved risking life and limb during the search of the depths of our basement for a storage tub called…
Itinerary
We will be arriving in Reykjavik on August 4th to give us a day to get over the flight (It’s a Boeing 737, no lay flat seats on the plane) and get to see a bit of Iceland before we fly to Greenland on August 6th. Wed, August 5 Reykjavik, Iceland Thur, August 6…
Prologue
Back in September last year we thought we had all of our summer travel plans in place for 2026. No need to add anything to a very busy schedule. Then Cape Spear happened. We were at the Cape Spear Lighthouse, and it ended up costing us a lot of money. We were on the…
