Arctic adventure day two!
Date: 29th June, 2022
Latitude & longitude: 78.22°N, 15.65°E
Course: —
Wind speed: 7km/hr
Wind direction: —
Barometer: 1014 hPa
Air temperature: 8°C
Sea temperature: 5.6°C

Hello from Longyearbyen! This morning, after a hearty buffet breakfast at our hotel, we headed to Oslo airport to catch a short flight to Longyearbyen, the small town where we will be embarking on the ‘Greg Mortimer’ ship.

Coming in to land, we were met with the most gorgeous views of the land — beautiful snow-capped mountains, interspersed with bits of glaciers, low-lying clouds covering the land. It was amazing, and we were all blown away by the beauty.

When we arrived at Longyearbyen airport, we were greeted there by the Aurora Expeditions team and taken to the hotel in town. It was 8pm but of course it was still fully light and bright outside — there are no sunsets at all in Longyearbyen, not for a few months yet!

We decided to check out the little town for dinner and went to a cute local pub for a delicious feast, then headed back to the hotel pub — the northern most pub in the world — for drinks and a game of cards.

One more sleep till we embark on the ‘Greg Mortimer’ and begin our Arctic Adventure!

See you tomorrow and thanks for reading!

Love from the A Team
Tanya, Gavin, Richard & Graeme