Svalbard, the white desert

by mygrations | May 1, 2019

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

by mygrations | Apr 24, 2019

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…)