We travelled on the Spirit of Enderby to Wrangel Island, departing from the port of Anadyr in the Russian Far East. The journey to Anadyr was long and there are no direct road links from Moscow; indeed Anadyr is nine time zones east of Moscow and very remote. The crew and expedition staff of the Spirit of Enderby were first rate and complemented perfectly by Mark Carwardine, Joe Cornish, Katie Murray, Rachel Ashton and Chris Breen. The entire area of Chukotka, including Wrangel Island, is extremely remote and fascinating, and Wrangel Island is a major site of denning Polar Bears, one of the main species we hoped to see on this trip. We did see many bears with some exceptional encounters, and also large numbers of Walrus, Humpback, Grey and Minke Whales, Beluga, Musk Ox and more Arctic Ground Squirrels than we could count.

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