Tromso to Svalbard on a Clipper 60 - the trip of a lifetime!

Join Hamble River Sailing Club and Guest Speaker Phil Horton for his presentation on ''Tromso to Svalbard on a Clipper 60 - the trip of a lifetime!''

The story starts with a day's training in polar bear defence at the National Rifle Association.After joining the boat in Tromso, Hummingbird, her skipper, first mate and 8 crew headed North across the Barents sea, then up the West coast of Spitsbergen. We spent three weeks above the Arctic Circle in 24-hour daylight reaching almost 80 degrees North. We visited Russian mining towns with statues of Lenin looking on, scientific research stations, the jumping-off point for the 1897 attempt to cross the North Pole by balloon. We saw walruses, arctic terns, whales and reindeer, and absorbed the history of this remote outpost of humanity while coming to understand the hardships that early explorers, sealers and whalers must have endured.

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Food will be available to those who have booked and paid in advance.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Last updated 5:16am on 26 April 2024