It was a misty and rainy August morning, M/S Sjøveien sailed peacefully into the Liefdefjorden, surrounded by red mountains and snow-capped peaks. During breakfast the sky slowly but surely cleared up and was filled with sunshine and soft clouds, the water was still and the magnificent Monacobreen glacier became visible, it was sparkling in the light.
We set out in our Zodiacs and witnessed calving after calving, huge masses of ice crashing into the water. We saw the birds rushing to the site to pick up the zooplankton which was thrown in the sky from the giant splash. For some time we just relaxed in the sun and reminded ourselves where we were, at the top of the last landmass before the North Pole.
In the afternoon we visited the Texas Bar, a lonely trapper's cabin, in a small bay overlooking the fjord. We climbed along the mountains, as far as we could before it got too steep, and admired the magnificent view. We picked out a couple of schnapps and gave a toast for our expedition, while we listened to stories about the life the hunters had lived here, a hundred years ago. We were grateful for M/S Sjøveien, our ship waiting for us at the bay. We ended the day with a nervous and freezing polar plunge, followed by a well-deserved moment in the jacuzzi.
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