We awoke to another fabulous morning, blue skies, wonderful sunshine and such still seas!!!
We got to our planned walrus landing area just at breakfast and we’re all happy to go for a long walk, however that plan had to change as all the walrus were parked up on the one and only place we could land on!! So, no walk and get re-dressed with more layers for a zodiac cruise.
As we got closer we got to experience the curious walruses in the water . They would come up closer to the zodiacs in a group of 6 or so, have a quick look around, get spooked and then quickly make a get away … and repeat their investigation process.
There was also a group who were laying on an iceberg that was tipping more and more with time. Not that there were no other ice sheets around but they all fought over that one!!
From the zodiacs we also saw the beach master, big daddy of all the walruses, wobble his giant body up the left hand side of the herd that was on land! He was like double the size of the others!!
We spent a long time with the walrus and then headed around the corner to try and find a polar bear that was spotted from far.
I was the one who eventually spotted in at the base of a mountain that was far away. I noticed it as a white moving blob then saw it was a bear either binoculars .
The stunning sunshine and beautiful blue skies continue through the afternoon as we very slowly made our way to Alkefjellet Cliffs. We had to wait for our booked slot though. So to kill time we were doing some whale watching …or trying to find whales to watch. Unfortunately, no luck.
What we did have the whole way in to Faksevagen was stunning sunshine, blue skies, white ice caps and snow as well as some soft clouds nestled on and around a few peaks. The scenery was amazing , 360 degrees around us.
Our parking space for the evening had us surrounded by some great geology and a couple of glaciers. This made for a truly fabulous jacuzzi location !!!
