Expedition adventure cruise, Labrador and Greenland: Taking the polar plunge in the Arctic Circle

By Caroline Gladstone
Updated September 26 2016 - 7:09pm, first published September 25 2016 - 12:15am
Polar plungers: Are you gamed? Photo: Dennis Minty
Polar plungers: Are you gamed? Photo: Dennis Minty
Extremity: Ramah Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador. Photo: Dennis Minty
Extremity: Ramah Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador. Photo: Dennis Minty
Kangamuit. Photo: Dennis Minty
Kangamuit. Photo: Dennis Minty

Every day expedition leader Matthew James, or MJ as most call him, wakes us up with a cheery good morning and a pithy quote. He might trot out a bit of Mark Twain or a few noble words from Jacques Cousteau. I smile regardless of the author, snuggled as I usually am under a cosy doona in a toasty cabin. Sometimes I allow myself a self-satisfied smug if I'm already up and dressed in my many layers by the time his voice comes coaxingly down the PA system.

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