BEHIND THE SCENE

During my latest expedition to Greenland’s Scoresby Sound, we decided to photograph our ship, the 94-year-old, three masted schooner S/V Rembrandt van Rijn, sailing among icebergs.

What looked to be an easy task at first turned out to be a demanding and time-consuming challenge. The Rembrandt is a tall ship, a traditionally rigged sailing vessel, which means all the sails have to be lifted manually, without electrical winches.

Once the sails are up, the challenge is to board a Zodiac while the ship is moving and hope for a bit of breeze so the sails are  nicely rounded, and hope for some photogenic icebergs, both in the foreground and background.

After an hour or so of bouncing around in the Zodiac, feeling dizzy and seasick, it all came together!