Kadu Flyer
Prepping for a white out
We stopped here at the glacial moraine to look around at the ice formations and to prepare for crossing the glaciers to the east coast of Spitsbergen. This was the only place on the trip that had any sort of 'facilities' if you get my drift.
Somewhere to be discrete!
One of our guides was female and she did mention to my wife that these expeditions were easier for the boys, nevertheless, one of the girls wrestled with her snowmobile suite and then probably enjoyed the rest of the trip more than the other girls.
'Bear in mind' there is always someone with a gun watching you :-)
Crossing the glaciers was something else.
We were told we were heading into a white out - low cloud/fog.
We were instructed to follow closely the snowmobile in front and do not lose it. If we do lose it, do NOT move, "I will find you" if you move I will never be able to find you again!
Basically we followed a guy who had a route programmed into his GPS navigation, we stuck to each other like glue with about ten meters between us. At times visibility was down to less than fifty meters and I lost sight of the guide a few vehicles ahead. It was like driving through a tunnel of white.
It was like playing a real life computer game where the only goal no matter how they twisted and turned, was to stick to the vehicle in front. Surreal doesn't describe it at 50km/hr.
Next time you are on a plane flying through cloud, imagine what the pilots view is.
I'm not sure of the name of the first glacier we crossed, the one in this picture, but we ended up on the Königsbergbreen and this led us down to the sea ice in the Bay of Mohnbukta.
Prepping for a white out
We stopped here at the glacial moraine to look around at the ice formations and to prepare for crossing the glaciers to the east coast of Spitsbergen. This was the only place on the trip that had any sort of 'facilities' if you get my drift.
Somewhere to be discrete!
One of our guides was female and she did mention to my wife that these expeditions were easier for the boys, nevertheless, one of the girls wrestled with her snowmobile suite and then probably enjoyed the rest of the trip more than the other girls.
'Bear in mind' there is always someone with a gun watching you :-)
Crossing the glaciers was something else.
We were told we were heading into a white out - low cloud/fog.
We were instructed to follow closely the snowmobile in front and do not lose it. If we do lose it, do NOT move, "I will find you" if you move I will never be able to find you again!
Basically we followed a guy who had a route programmed into his GPS navigation, we stuck to each other like glue with about ten meters between us. At times visibility was down to less than fifty meters and I lost sight of the guide a few vehicles ahead. It was like driving through a tunnel of white.
It was like playing a real life computer game where the only goal no matter how they twisted and turned, was to stick to the vehicle in front. Surreal doesn't describe it at 50km/hr.
Next time you are on a plane flying through cloud, imagine what the pilots view is.
I'm not sure of the name of the first glacier we crossed, the one in this picture, but we ended up on the Königsbergbreen and this led us down to the sea ice in the Bay of Mohnbukta.