After another stormy night we arrived in Ilulissat in Disko Bay. This is where the Ilulussat Kangerlua (Jakobshave Icefjord) meets the sea. From this icefield massive blocks of ice calve (break off) and are taken by wind and currents across the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay where they are caught by the southward flowing Labrador …
During last night and for most of this morning we have been battling against strong winds and high seas. A reason for this is because the Greenland ice fields are so big and high that they act upon the weather like the continent of Antarctica and blow outwards to the sea from the centre of …
We concluded our visit to Copenhagen with a visit to the Rosenborg Slot built as a summerhouse for the royal family in 1606-1634 by Christian IV. When built it was surrounded by very large gardens which have now been reduced to a park known as the Kongens Have. Some rooms are open to the public …
This morning we explored the oldest part of Copenhagen, known as Christianshavn on the island Amager. Apparently there is some evidence that the earliest Europeans lived here but it was not until 1521 that Christian II engaged Dutch immigrants to use this fertile alluvial island to plant and run market gardens. In the 17th century …
Today we flew from Manchester to a rainy Copenhagen, Denmark. Our approach to the airport took us over the Oresund with a view of Sweden, and in particular on the final approach, the bridge which links Sweden with Denmark. The bridge is a double decker with a railway line on the lower deck and motor …
The adventure begins! Tonight we are staying at a Manchester Airport hotel and about to dream of icebergs!!
Coming shortly our next expedition – following in the steps of John Franklin who went in search of the Northwest Passage in 1845. Two years later the expedition had not returned. Searches took more than a decade to establish that all crew members were dead and the ships lost. In 2014 and 2016 the remains …
Today we return home. After a late breakfast we waited in the hotel lobby for our limo transfer to the airport! Our flight was scheduled for 16:35 p.m. and we were there early enough to see the Boeing 747-400 series arrive from London. There are only a few of these aeroplanes still used by major …
At 7:00 a.m. we awoke to a beautiful sunrise through the curtains, which was actually reflected by the windows of a nearby tower block. After breakfast we met the Hop-on Hop-off Tour Bus at the Convention Centre. We drove direct to Highway 101 to Hollywood. We saw the first 4 level highway intersection and …
We arrived in Los Angeles before sunrise and had to have an early breakfast in preparation for disembarkation. All passengers were divided into groups determined initially by those who had aeroplanes to catch or those that had independent transfer arrangements. We had to meet our car for transfer to the hotel at 09:30 a.m. …