OPERATION ETTRA

OPERATION ETTRA

“The ancestor of every action is a thought” — Ralph Waldo Emerson   It’s a scene in almost every western movie. Cowboys huddled around the crackling fire at night, whiskey in one hand and smokes in another. Laughter, stories, a roast- catch of the day,...
4 Polar Bear visits and a Polar Bear poop

4 Polar Bear visits and a Polar Bear poop

“There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”  – Einstein Pancake Ice Slowly, the pancake ice is starting to form in the fjord. Our shoreline delineated by a thick band of...
Ettra is coming home!

Ettra is coming home!

“Anything more wonderful than the polar night does not exist. It is a dream-like sight. It is a light poem of all the finest and most delicate tones of the soul.” Fridjof Nansen NEW BAMSEBU BLOG Advent and a time of waiting When we were children, this time before...
Two Polar Bears & two Polar Girls

Two Polar Bears & two Polar Girls

“To seek solitude during the dark part of the year in Svalbard isn’t just about bidding farewell to civilization for several months. It’s first and foremost about daring to meet yourself. Only the bravest among us dare to do that” — Arne O. Holm Its December and...

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