A Take on the Arctic

The best 11 days of my life! That pretty much sums up the expedition! First day was seeing Santa's reindeer and beluga whales. After that it was 46 polar bears! A record for the company. This included several mom's with there cubs! In addition, I got to experience fin whales and blue whales. The two largest mammals on earth. Not to mention some very large walrus. I have never seen so much wildlife at one time! Traveled as far north as 557 miles from the north pole! Thinking I am going to have to do some serious saving for the Antarctic! Penguins here I come!

P.S. You will notice the guide with the gun. While on land the group was to stay with them due to the threat of polar bears (two landings were cancelled due to polar bears.) Did not think much of it, except while I was there two Norwegians were kayaking around the islands. (Trying to be the first to due so.) They were resting in their tent, when a polar bear attacked them. It took two hours to get a helicopter to rescue them. You never know.