Week 176 – January 23 to January 30,2024

Catherine Radosa

Ruth Maclennan

We spoke of polar bears and whales and I pointed my phone at the view of the fjord out my window. I showed Lera a little white chocolate polar bear on an upside down plate standing in for an iceberg and we laughed. I took this photo the second time I sailed to Pyramiden. Kittiwakes are perched on scattered berglets. As the boat approached snow flurried and the massive glacier dissolved in veils of cloud: water, air and ice caught up in a dance of matter and light. This postcard from the glacier is for Lera. Like all the glaciers in Svalbard, Nordenskiöld is melting fast.

Manuela Morgaine

Valeria Troubina