Voisins croisés

Heli, our Finnish friend who was on board Vagabond last summer in Greenland, is since the beginning of the week in a very small hut, 28 km North of Vagabond, with 2 colleagues from the Norwegian Polar Institute. They came to hunt some seals to take the necessary samples for their studies about pollution impact on species. Despite fog and slightly above zero temperature, weather was calm today and I decided to go and visit them, after having entered all useful coordinates in my GPS. Lots of fresh polar bear tracks on the way. I found the hut, but nobody. Back to the boat later in the day, I had a message from my neighbours who were on board exactly when I was in their place! Pack ice radio is not always efficient to coordinate together...