I'd never heard of a polar desert, have you?? Gotta say, the scenery is surprisingly desert-like. The ship made 2 stops today, one for a walk and another for a Zodiac cruise through some lagoons. We're still coughing, so opted not to do either, though Sheila is planning to bundle up and go on the 3rd excursion to the bird-cliffs after dinner.
There's an issue in dressing properly for the walks. If you are warm enough for the Zodiac ride to the landing, you'll be far too warm for anything more than a slow stroll. It's tricky to take off layers, because you're supposed to keep your life-jacket on (in case of a sudden polar bear-induced evacuation). Plus, your outer layer needs to be waterproof, which is also not especially breathable. We both got very much too warm on the walk to see the walrus.
There are 3 groups of walkers on every excursion--Long walkers, Moderate walkers, and Beachcombers. Long walk is 2-2 1/2 hours, Medium 1 1/2-2, Beachcombers 1 hour (approx.). There are buildings left from a Finnish/Swedish meteorological project for the International Geophysical Year from July 1957 to the end of December 1958. The buildings have been used for a couple more research projects since then.
Very pretty polar dessert pictures! If a polar bear is running at the group golf moderate walkers they would have a difficult time running on that terrain. I can’t believe those infrequently used buildings are still standing in that environment - hence the support poles at the corners? BTW- thanks for the link, I booked the yacht for all of us next year ;-)
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