Svalbard, the white desert

Svalbard, the white desert

We are about to check out and board the Rembrandt van Rijn. On Oceanwide Expeditions I read that the s / v ‘Rembrandt van Rijn’ was built at the beginning of the last century as a Haring logger. The ship was rebuilt in 1994 in the Netherlands into a three-masted passenger schooner and has previously sailed on Spitsbergen (1994 – 1996) and the Galapagos (1998 – 2001). The ship was completely rebuilt and renovated in 2011. And now it is sailing again on Spitsbergen.

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The first impressions of Svalbard

The first impressions of Svalbard

After years of dreams, months of looking forward and days of planning, we are here! Svalbard, or Spitsbergen. The land that Barentsz discovered in 1596. I will briefly tell you who Willem Barentsz was, because despite the fact that a sea is named after him, not everyone knows who he is.  (more…)