We made a morning landing at Kapp Lee with reindeers grazing around us, walruses on the beach, and numerous species of birds.
We spent the afternoon going through Freemansundet with gorgeous ice and the beautiful National Geographic Resolution gently taking us to the east side of Svalbard. We observed bearded seals and walruses resting on ice.
The ship kept constant company with kittiwakes and the Brunnich’s guillemots soaring around us.
Two polar bears, a mother and an older cub, shared a meal on the ice.
And if all that was not enough, we spent an evening at Austfonna and Brasvellsbreen, watching the longest glacial front in the Northern Hemisphere, with another polar bear walking by.
This was a true Svalbard day.
