| A 23 day voyage east to west across the south-west Pacific aboard the Silver Cloud with Silversea. After an unfortunate outward journey, missing my flight to Fiji, I managed to get back on track and was able to begin the voyage at Lautoka. From Fiji, our ship made 3 visits to Vanuatu, 3 in the Solomons, 7 in Papua New Guinea and 6 in and around Australia. The voyage ended in Darwin, Australia, with a full day to explore the Northern Territories capital. The flight to Singapore the following day was the first of three to get back to Manchester. |
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Itinerary |
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| [D] | ..Date.. | Country | Destination | Activities | Photos | Movies |
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| 0 | 05 Aug | London HR | Seattle | BA Boeing 777 (c.10 hrs) | ||
| 1 | 06 Aug | Seattle | Anchorage | Alaska Air 737 -> bus -> boarded ship | ||
| 2 | 07 Aug | Alaska | Kak Island & Castle Bay | Sailing past Kak then into Castle Bay. | click | |
| 3 | 08 Aug | Alaska | Chignik | Ship anchored then hiked to a lake. | click | |
| 4 | 09 Aug | Sand Point (Popov Is) | (tenders) landing then long hike to a fossil beach. | click | ||
| 5 | 10 Aug | Alaska | Dutch Harbor | Visit (tenders) museums, Norwegian Rat Saloon. | click | click |
| 6 | 11 Aug | Alaska | St Paul Island | Visit (tenders) walking, birds, seals and town. | click | |
| 7 | 12 Aug | Alaska | At Sea | Geology lecture and relaxing. | click | click |
| 8 | 13 Aug | Alaska | Nome | (tenders) landing, gold, dogs, museum, beer. | click | |
| 9 | 14 Aug | Alaska | At Sea | First ice encountered. First polar bear sighting on ice. | click | |
| 10 | 15 Aug | Alaska | At Sea | Various pootling about on board. | ||
| 11 | 16 Aug | Alaska | At Sea | Various pootling about on board. | ||
| 12 | 17 Aug | Alaska | At Sea | Birthday! All the crew knew about it! | ||
| 13 | 18 Aug | Alaska | At Sea | Various pootling about on board. | ||
| 14 | 19 Aug | Canada | Smoking Hills | We were unable to do zodiac cruise due to weather. | click | |
| 15 | 20 Aug | Canada | Sachs Harbour | Walk on land to stretch the legs. | click | click |
| 16 | 21 Aug | Canada | Teddy Bear Island | Walking about and viewing graves. | click | |
| 17 | 22 Aug | Canada | Mangak Is & Tree River | Missed Mangak but did river zodiac cruise. | click | click |
| 18 | 23 Aug | Canada | Johansen Bay | I stayed on board, later Murray Island cancelled, too rough. | click | click |
| 19 | 24 Aug | Canada | Cambridge Bay | Exploring, museum, school, walking. | click | |
| 20 | 25 Aug | Canada | Jenny Lind Island | Walking about on a sandy island. | click | |
| 21 | 26 Aug | Canada | Simpson Strait and Gjoa Haven | Visit to bridge, later zodiac landing at Gjoa Haven. Walk around bay then a 'knees up' at community hall. | click | click |
| 22 | 27 Aug | Canada | At Sea | Heading north along Franklin Strait (more polar bears) and halfway along Bellot Strait. | click | click |
| 23 | 28 Aug | Canada | Strzelecki Harbor | A small sandy bay, we saw a pod of Beluga whales. | click | |
| 24 | 29 Aug | Canada | Beechey Island | Walk above beach to graves of Franklin Expedition. | click | |
| 25 | 30 Aug | Canada | Croker Bay. | Zodiac cruise near glacier with hot chocolate. | click | |
| 26 | 31 Aug | Baffin Bay | At Sea | East to Greenland. | click | |
| 27 | 01 Sep | Greenland | Uummannaq | Hike over a rocky ridge to Santa Claus summer home. | click | |
| 28 | 02 Sep | Greenland | Ilulissat | Bus ride and walk to head of glacier. Bought chocolate. | click | |
| 29 | 03 Sep | Greenland | Sisimiut | Bus to centre, walk around lake, coffee, church viewing. | click | |
| 30 | 04 Sep | Greenland | Kangerlussuaq | Disembark, bus tour, tent meal, airport. Flight to Zurich. | click | |
| 05 Sep | UK | London & home | Morning flight Air Baltic to LHR, trains back to Beverley. |