Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very fine set of both documentary and scenic shots. I especially liked your capture of the kittiwakes. Some of the more barren and looming-clouds images were strongly reminiscent of my year at Thule. ?howard > On Sep 19, 2016, at 6:45 AM, Henning Wulff <hjwulff at gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, we are back from our arctic trip (thanks in part to my cousin Philip > the travel agent) and have had a bit of time to look at some of the > photos. > > We went from August 20 to August 28 inclusive, from Resolute on Cornwallis > Island (approx. 75?N) to Cambridge Bay (approx. 69?N). Temperatures were > about 2?C ?2? the whole time, but often with a fierce wind. Dressing > warmly was adviseable. > > The trip was with OneOcean Expeditions, which charters Russian research > vessels; in our case the Akademik Ioffe. A Finnish built, Russian owned > and manned vessel chartered to a Canadian company operating out of > Squamish, BC. They do various trips into the Arctic and Antarctic with > mainly two identical ships. After our trip, I have only praise for the > whole operation. The Russian crew was professional in all the best > possible ways, the OneOcean staff were extremely knowledgeable and helpful > (staff were mostly Canadian with some other nationalities represented) and > the ship was perfectly suitable for this trip. Strengthened for ice, > extremely quiet and vibration free diesel engines and electric thrusters > for 'sneaking up on polar bears', if a 6000ton ship can sneak up on > anything. > > The sister ship to this one was the base of operations two years ago when > the first of Sir John Franklin's ships, the Erebus was found after 165 > years in Queen Maud Sound in 11m of water. A week after we came home the > second ship, the Terror, was found a bit further North by essentially the > same group, but not using the same ship since it was still carrying > tourists. > > So. Here are the first pictures. All pictures in this album are from the > trip; more to come. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/trips/Arctic/?g2_page=1 > > Henning Wulff > hjwulff at gmail.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information