{"id":6153,"date":"2009-07-05T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T18:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/spitsbergen-norway-24-hours-of-adrenalin-part-one-of-two\/"},"modified":"2009-07-05T13:17:02","modified_gmt":"2009-07-05T18:17:02","slug":"spitsbergen-norway-24-hours-of-adrenalin-part-one-of-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/spitsbergen-norway-24-hours-of-adrenalin-part-one-of-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Spitsbergen, Norway &#8211; 24 Hours of Adrenalin &#8211; Part One of Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Hornsund-Svalbard-208\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hornsund-svalbard-208.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are in Longyearbyen for 24 hours and able to upload photos. These will give you a feel for the visual impact of what we have been experiencing. All of these photos were taken within 24 hours between our visits to Hornsund and Bellesund.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"164\" alt=\"Be;;sund-Svalbard-106\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/besund-svalbard-106.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lots of bird life, but they are fast flyers and hard to catch on camera.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Be;;sund-Svalbard-189\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/besund-svalbard-189.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have been forced to leave both of the anchorages we have used by ice incursion. In this case at 0400, hence the big shadows off the mountain.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Be;;sund-Svalbard-192\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/besund-svalbard-192.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This ice looks light, but these are big chunks of berg ice.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Be;;sund-Svalbard-194\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/besund-svalbard-194.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Wind Horse<\/em> gives us the ability to up anchor and move while staying warm and dry in the great room. As such, there is no hesitation to put to sea with even a slight risk scenario.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"379\" alt=\"Be;;sund-Svalbard-203\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/besund-svalbard-203.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the two sailboats we have seen at sea in the last 15,000 miles. These folks were our dockmates in Tromso and have been to Greenland and Labrador.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"388\" alt=\"Be;;sund-Svalbard-257\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/besund-svalbard-257.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is our friend Joe Kutschka checking the functionality of the 1940 Mauser 30-06 we are carrying for polar bear defense. We fired off 15 rounds without a hitch.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"237\" alt=\"Be;;sund-Svalbard-259\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/besund-svalbard-259.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Hornsund-Svalbard-135\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hornsund-svalbard-135.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"268\" alt=\"Hornsund-Svalbard-193\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hornsund-svalbard-193.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Hornsund-Svalbard-220\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hornsund-svalbard-220.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"412\" alt=\"Hornsund-Svalbard-241\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hornsund-svalbard-241.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Hornsund-Svalbard-252\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hornsund-svalbard-252.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Post wedding anniversary photo at 78 degrees North. Forty two years of married bliss and still cruising through life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are in Longyearbyen for 24 hours and able to upload photos. 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