Hello @bohdissatva, global warming is an item talked about during the trip. There is a lot of information about it from the believers and the disbelievers. One thing I noticed is that the captain and the guides where extremely surprised by the pack ice that was there. The captain is using ice charts for cruising and navigating. The ice charts are provided by an official instution. On the ice charts there was no visible pack ice and their plan was to go around the whole of Svalbard. Once we got a little more up north there was no way through because of the huge amount of pack ice that was there. There was also a glaciers that completely disappeard (during the last 150 years) but on the other hand other glaciers are growing. I could not see it with my own eyes but I am sure that we as a species are not taking good care of this planet.
Hello @bohdissatva, global warming is an item talked about during the trip. There is a lot of information about it from the believers and the disbelievers. One thing I noticed is that the captain and the guides where extremely surprised by the pack ice that was there. The captain is using ice charts for cruising and navigating. The ice charts are provided by an official instution. On the ice charts there was no visible pack ice and their plan was to go around the whole of Svalbard. Once we got a little more up north there was no way through because of the huge amount of pack ice that was there. There was also a glaciers that completely disappeard (during the last 150 years) but on the other hand other glaciers are growing. I could not see it with my own eyes but I am sure that we as a species are not taking good care of this planet.
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