I did not know what to expect… the unknown of the Arctic intrigue! But now, after only a few hours in Kuujjuaq, the Lyubov Orlova (the ship) becomes your home for the next 10 days. The staff is exemplary, professional, attentive and smiling…! The first expedition on the island Akpatok begins with a slight walk 2 hours a mountainside… and all this after having docked between 2 immense icebergs on the shore. All passengers, taking hundreds of photos, unwilling to leave this place… even if we are still only a few meters from the zodiacs that we have brought on the island. The hike starts… flowers, icebergs, old abandoned buildings, our "spotters" who monitor polar bears… are the few elements that make us quickly understand that we are far from our lives, our reality, the urban reality … Here is Mother Nature who managed our schedule and not the time… Back to the boat…… dinner and hop in the zodiacs north-east of the island to go to meet the polar bears. Lucky as we are, we have seen 3! Including one who swam in the ocean. Returning to ship, after a 2 hour zodiac ride, … with the temperature down quickly. Everyone in the show…, cafe and hot chocolate in hand… back on the day, highlights, everyone seems to have appreciated this first day completed and hectic! Tomorrow… other surprises!
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