Fred's foster-parent: | Name: | | Profession: | | Nationality: | | Fred's vessel: | Vesselname: | Hanse Explorer | Callsign: | V2E14 | Flag: | Antigua & Barbuda | IMO No.: | 9346110 | Vesseltype: | Expedition Yacht | Length: | 48 | Beam: | 10,4 |
| Fred-Report:
On the way to our next destination Bear Island, we had wonderful calm seas, it was like navigating on a lake and I am glad that I am not seasick again. So I could enjoy the wonderful scenery and while I was looking out of the bridge window hundreds of white beaked dolphins appeared in front of us. Wohooooo, they coming to our little ship and I ran down to the forecastle, this is the bow of the ship, to get a better view of the dolphins. They like to bow ride and I admired how elegant they are swimming nearby the ship. Now and then they disappeared just to jump few seconds later out of the water. I almost could touch them..... and it seemed to me that they enjoyed very much a bit of our company.
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Shortly after lunch we reached Bear Island, a very isolated island in the Barents Sea half way between Norway and Svalbard. The island got her name from the polar bears but nowadays only now and then a polar bear comes so far south reaching the island on a ice floe. It was foggy on approach and we knew that we must be very close to the island as hundreds of Guilimots and Fulmars (birds) were flying around us.
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And of course due to the bridge radars Captain Maggi knew which way to go. Suddenly we came out of the fog and we were witness of a dramatic scenery in front of us....steep cliffs, waterfalls, thousands of birds and colourful landscape, pure wild nature. We dropped anchor in a small bay called Soerhamna surrounded by steep cliffs and several small beaches... a very mystic place.
We went on a zodiac cruise among the steep cliffs and into wonderful caves... woohoo, that was really great.
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After the cruising we went out for fishing, I heard that this is the best place for cod fishing.... last year they caught over 250kg of fish.... I bet we can do better this time :))))
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