Photos

I took a lot of photos. These are the highlight reel. I documented where I took them on a page in my meta data spreadsheet.

Lindblad also produced a video of the GTFs.

Landing in Longyearbyen.

Saxifrage in Longyearbyen. The out of focus insect hunkers down in the petals for warmth

Reindeer in Longyearbyen.

The Explorer. Our home at sea for 18 days.

Our first stop. There is a snow bunting in there. Somewhere.

Taken from a Zodiac, rubber boats that seat about 10.

Ice. So clear. This came from a calved glacier.

Among the ice fall from the glaciers. You can see how massive they are. All the way to left is a black oval. That's a Zodiac.

The ship has an open bridge policy. The young people and educators got a tour. This is the captain speaking.

This picture was taken about 10pm.

Assistant expedition leader Andy and fellow Fellow Jenny.

Glacier. This is where I fell in love with the ice.

Walruses. Taken from the bridge.

Walruses as seen from land. The naturalist has a spotting scope and a rifle because we were in polar bear country. Polar bears will hunt humans, hence the need for rifles.

Egg case of some kind of sea creature, I believe a whelk.

Walruses through the spotting scope. See above.

Purple saxifrage, identifiable by its 5 petaled flower.

Ptarmigan. There was a drab female nearby.

The Svalbard or polar poppy, the northern most flower.

Arctic Tern. Aggressive bird that will dive bomb you. This bird migrates from pole to pole every year.

Increase the size of this photo and scroll in. You can see thousands of birds on the rock face.

Near Longyearbyen.

We made a quick stop in Longyearbyen for forgotten luggage. This picture was taken about 11:45 PM.

At sea. The view from my cabin.

Grosvenor Teacher Fellows, left to right: Me, Jenny Bolch, Shiona Drummer.

Jan Mayen, a remote island in the North Atlantic. The spongiest moss I have ever walked on.

Jan Mayen has both a glacier and a volcano. The clouds cleared so we could see the shield of the volcano.

Tommy Heinrich, National Geographic Photographer. I told one of his stories in my TEDx talk.

Debbie and Dr. Joe MacInnis. Joe was the Global Perspectives speaker and a huge supporter of the GTF program.

A fjord in Iceland on a clear, beautiful day.

Iceland is the land of waterfalls.

Abandonded sailing vessel.

In Reykavik. Trolls are an important part of the Icelandic culture, a nod to both their Norwegian heritage and their geology and geography.