Yesterday’s bright and sunny weather, brilliant white icebergs, and the polychrome buildings of Ilulissat – such vivid visual memories – faded into the expected monochromatic palette of bluish-greys as we sailed out of sight of land, across the Davis Strait towards Baffin Island. We are in the midst and mist of a comfortable sea passage towards new Arctic lands in Nunavut, Canada. Foggy conditions have limited our views of this North Atlantic wilderness, allowing a slower-paced day for rest and reflection on our journey so far.
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- 18 Aug 2023
Davis Strait between Greenland and Canada, 8/18/2023, National Geographic Explorer
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Robert Edwards, Naturalist
Growing up in the Appalachian foothills of the Garden State, Rob instinctively knew it made a lot more sense to head over the hill into the fields, forests, lakes, and streams behind his house, rather than down the road to the shopping mall in front ...
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