Second day on Spitsbergen. First outing into the wild. Actually, it’s a walk, not a serious expedition. We are walking through a flat brown area covered with plants and stones, to the nearby Blue Lake. There’s no one else around besides us. Silence and the sound of wind. In the distance, barely visible reindeer are eating low-growing lichens. In patches of snow there are perfectly camouflaged paddocks – birds native to Spitsbergen. There weren’t suppose to be any roads, but just take a look at this – a beautiful, wide, rocky road leading up to a hill. Unfortunately, it didn’t hold our attention for long. The lake reflects the sky and the mountains. Clouds underfoot.