Day 5 - Starnessfjord

This morning we headed ashore for our first hike. The ship organizes these based on “fitness” level and desire for exercise. So the Chargers go first - as the name implies these are the fit folks who want to go far and fast. Then medium fast group and so on. We’re starting in the moderate slow group - described as those who want to have time to stop for photos but also want to move more than the final group the leisurely ones. Testing to see where we should be.
We’ve been assured there’s lots of wildlife here, including birds, beluga whales - no sightings by us yet!
This morning we did an amazing hike - lots of interesting rocks, vegetation and some heart pumping climbs. This afternoon we got to take to the air again, sadly no wildlife spotted from the air. The sea kayakers got to see beluga whales and narwhals - we could see them with binoculars from the ship and we all got to see a polar bear sleeping on an iceberg as it floated by. Pictures aren’t great but many folks with great cameras onboard so fingers crossed they’ll share. The helicopter flights are spectacular and it takes up to 7 hours to get everyone up in the air!
We had an amazing sauna after our ride today - the sauna has large windows so you don’t have to miss anything while relaxing.

This mornings wake up call...