This morning we arrived at Hebron Bay with dense fog covering the coastline. It was a stark contrast to the beautiful weather of yesterday, but appropriately underscored the heavy context of the former settlement of Hebron which we were here to visit. After the area was scouted, the first ten guests arrived onshore, but only spent about 5 minutes there, as a polar bear was spotted down the shore a bit. The staff quickly and efficiently got everyone back to National Geographic Explorer, and we went out on Zodiacs instead to watch the bear as he (we believe it was a young male) ambled along the coast away from Hebron, gorging on blueberries.
In the afternoon the ship transited through a narrow passage between the mainland and an island. We continued sailing south, a few presentations- about photo essentials, environmental DNA, and National Geographic photography – wrapped up our day. After dinner, the swell rocked us all to sleep.
