Hats off to the captain, and the expedition team. The itinerary was quite nice, Alkerfjellet was quite an experience, Bråsvellbreen was so beautiful, and reaching the edge of the Arctic at 80.52 North was the climax of the trip.
The excursions were well organized. Going to the mud room, putting on the boots and floating device, getting on to the Zodiac, twice a day, but the process ran smoothly most of the time. The warm hand towels and the warm drinks after the expeditions were a very nice touch. Thank you.
All the staff were quite friendly.
The buffet breakfasts and lunches were nice, I like the pure honey, the variety of nuts, and the mixed green salads. Dinners were ok but not really exciting. The seafoods in general, were that good, but that's understandable.
Personally, I wonder if there is a better way to give us the information about the places we visited each day, usually, notes were posted in the evening, but only two of them have the dates on them. The "Tourist map of Spitzberg Svalbard" was nice, but it wasn't available for purchase. I tried to look for it on the Net but couldn't find it. Without that, it was a lot of work trying to categorize my photos.
Another thing. The small gift pack at the end of trip, it was totally unnecessary. The quality of the content wasn't appealing, in fact, the gift bag and the eye pillow gave out a really unpleasant smell, like cheap plastic and toxic chemical, after exposing to them, I didn't feel good for a couple hours. If I may say - please try our best not to create more garbage for the world unnecessarily.
