We did everything in reverse, of course, paddling in the early hours of each morning when it was still, and cool, resting during the heat of the day. The midnight sun takes some getting used to, but it is fabulous!
Of course, “resting” meant exploring, and as we paddled closer and closer to home, it felt important to explore more and more. I can’t remember how many iceberg photos I took that trip. I mean I could count them, but how long have you got? I caught the one above when it was calving. 😉
Spotting Arctic foxes was always a pleasure, as was wandering through those “tough Arctic grasses” I often write about in my stories. Can you spot the fox below? The birds usually gave them away, which helped!
We often had pasta around breakfast time, then a game of something before sleeping for a bit. Then breakfast in the afternoon. All messed up, really. But fun! I miss the games, too as iPads and smartphones seem to dominate a lot of free time these days.
As mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, the Christmas in July summer calendar goes live today! The first chapter of A Dog called Blitzen is live and you can read it by signing up on my patreon page. A new chapter/episode will be delivered to your email every day in July (2023), or you can log on to Patreon and it there, together with a tonne more stories, too.
More kayaking tomorrow!
Chris
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