Day 12 - Magdalene Fjord

Entering the fjord

Today was one of those mornings where we just had to order breakfast in our cabin.  We were scheduled to enter the Magdalene Fjord at 8am, and we didn’t want to miss a minute of it.  This is the main reason we chose this cruise itinerary, to see the fjords.  Breakfast came a little after 7AM and we were just finishing our coffee went the show began.  We spent the morning out on our veranda, taking pictures of the snowy mountains, snowfields, glaciers, and bergy-bits floating by.  It was a majestic sight.

Glacier in Magdalene Fjord

We were very lucky with the weather.  Although chilly, it was a beautiful day, with the sun peaking through the clouds.  I don't think it got below the 40's.   

When we got all the way into the fjord, the crew lowered one of the life boats and went out closer to the glacier than the ship could get in order to capture some glacier ice and bring it back for everyone to see up close.  These were put on display up by the pool and Ray went up to get a picture.  They weren't the blue ice that we could see on the glacier, but the crew had fun hunting and netting these little icebergs.

Bergy-Bits brought back by the crew.

After leaving the fjord, we could still see these snowy mountains along the coast as we traveled south. We continued back towards Svalbard and dropped off the pilot at about 7pm  before heading south into the Greenland Sea.

Snow field between the hills

This afternoon I played bingo again, then after lunch we went to hear Terry Bishop’s next lecture.  It was billed as “The Vikings Are Coming, Part Two”, but it was mostly about the battle for Britain with King Harold defending against William the Norman (who may have had Viking ancestry)coming from France, and a Viking named Harald who partnered with King Harold’s brother and attacked from the northeast.  The lecture had a few light moments, but was mostly drier than the previous talks. It also was more abut Britain than the Vikings.

There was nothing else of interest to us until dinner, so we went back to our cabin to read and nap for the afternoon.  Tomorrow should be another quiet day.  Ray is on his 4th book so far this trip and I’m on my 2nd.  I’ve also been spending time listening to some of my backlog of podcasts  while working a small needlework project.  I think we both relax more on a ship than any place else.