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The ice around the ship is freezing over into massive sheets of ice. Soon it won't be long before the entire area around us freezes solid.

View of the frozen sea looking over the bow of the Ice Breaker ship we are on.

We have now reached the furthermost north we are able to travel at 82 degrees latitude 8 degrees longitude N north, 472 nautical miles or 542.8 miles from the magnetic North Pole.

Latitude pertains to the horizontal imaginary lines running from east to west, which represents the distance of points, north and south of the equator. Also known by the name parallels, it is expressed through an angle that ranges from about 0° to 90°, 0 being the equator, N and S, north and south, an angle formed between poles and equator. Longitude is a vertical imaginary line that moves from north to south direction and is present on the east-west side of the Prime Meridian, used to calculate distance between two points.

We now see our friendly Polar Bear disappear into the horizon after circling the ship on the ice.

A group of walrus sleeping o the beach near the water found in Storoya.

Fellow passengers out on zodiac runs in the area of the Negribreen Glacier.

Close up of a group with the expedition guides manning the zodiac.

Beautiful blue ice, broken off from the glacier, under the gray colored sky is awesome to see up close.

Group on the aft deck of the ship waiting for a zodiac to appear below on the water to take them out for an adventure.

With ice all around us suddenly a Harp seal appears from under the water.

The Harp seals have short flippers, which they use to move in a caterpillar-like motion on land. They do not have external ear flaps. Harp seals are about 5 to 6 feet long, weigh about 260 to 300 pounds, and have a robust body with a small, flat head.

The glacier you will be seeing in this photo and the following is the Negibreen Glacier.

The zodiac zig zags across the frozen ocean water and ice looking at the mammoth size of the face of this glacier.

The Negribreen Glacier forms a wide glacier front with the moving extreme point Kapp Antinori. The glacier covers an area of about 460 sq miles. It is named after the Italian geographer Christoforo Negri.

The beauty of maneuvering in and around the ice you have the feeling you are in another world.

If you could get close enough to the face of the glacier it would be several thousand feet high. We have to remain away from the face of the glacier due to the calving of the ice which can cause huge waves.

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