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Ships, ships, and more ships. Strangers passing in the night. Or are they really strangers?

I am slowly coming to the close of “Pics of the week” from aboard the MV Roland Oldendorff. As you can imagine, I'm bringing hundreds of photos back home. All along I tried to delete as much as I could, but it was impossible to…

This past week gave us just about every kind of weather the sea can offer. We had sun and clear skies, sudden squalls, heavy rain, and winds that set the ship rolling from side to side. In celebration of the fact that we are now…

This week’s images are of northern landscapes. From the little I have seen of these skies, waters, and shores, I am struck by their starkness. Until now I felt most at home in tropical places, but perhaps age, or simply the gift of this chance…

This week’s selection is a set of portraits of the officers and crew on board. I asked their permission before taking them, and most were eager to pose, as is the way in our Instagram age.

All those decades ago, when I made my first transatlantic crossing, I stood the four-to-eight watch in the mornings. At the time, it felt like waking up in the middle of the night, only to be rewarded by the slow arrival of the day.

This week's photos are about the ship, MV Roland Oldendorff, my home away from home.

Friends, Charlotte and Maila, asked me to include some of my sketches. I call them sketches because it is easier to call these dabbles this than “visual travel diary entries”. About six or seven years ago, when I was travelling to various marvellous corners of…

A few of you have asked for photo. I was trying to figure out how to do something fancypancy, but in the end, I decided to do low tech. Please enjoy. This week has been spent anchored before the wonderful port of Narvik. So, this…

A few of you have asked for photos. I was trying to figure out how to do something fancypancy, but in the end, I decided to do low tech. Please enjoy. This week has been spent anchored before the wonderful port of Narvik. So, this…